Chapter 3. Democratic Constraint, the Democratic Peace, and Conflict Initiation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Chapter 1. Introduction: Looking for Democratic Constraint 1
6. Chapter 2. Democracies Are Not Created Equal: A Theory of Democratic Constraint 14
7. Chapter 3. Democratic Constraint, the Democratic Peace, and Conflict Initiation 53
8. Chapter 4. Looking for Audience Costs in All the Wrong Places: Constraint and Reciprocation 86
9. Chapter 5. Willing and Politically Able: Democratic Constraint and Coalition Joining 103
10. Chapter 6. Downs Meets the Press: How Party Systems Shape the News 151
11. Chapter 7. Coalition Stories: Cases from the Iraq Coalition 193
12. Chapter 8. Conclusion: Information, Constraint, and Democratic Foreign Policy 222
13. References 237
14. Index 251