Social Trust, Anarchy, and International Conflict
Michael P. Jasinski
Social Trust, Anarchy, and International Conflict challenges the democratic peace and diversionary war theories by emphasizing the importance of social trust, its origin as a by-product of effective governance exercised by strong states, and influence on international conflict. The author argues that strong states socialize individuals into social environments where self-esteem is gained not through comparisons against out-groups, but rather cooperative role fulfillment with other individuals. This socialization, which contributes to the formation of generalized social trust (itself a basic and powerful heuristic) is then carried over into the state’s interactions with international actors, contributing to their pacific behavior and even influencing the nature of international anarchy itself. As a result, democratic peace is not really peace between democracies but rather peace between strong, well-governed states, and diversionary war represents not an effort to improve regime popularity but rather state legitimacy.
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Año:
2011
Editorial:
Palgrave Macmillan
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
209
ISBN 10:
0230113176
ISBN 13:
9780230113176
Archivo:
PDF, 3.36 MB
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english, 2011