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Association: Name: ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES URL: http://www.isanet.org
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Williams, Michael. "Democracy and Democratization: The Problem with Using the Democratic Peace Theory as a Principle of Foreign Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, Mar 26, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p253419_index.html>

Williams, M. J. , 2008-03-26 "Democracy and Democratization: The Problem with Using the Democratic Peace Theory as a Principle of Foreign Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p253419_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The Democratic Peace Theory in its simplest incarnation is that democracies do not fight wars against each other. While many political scientists have developed elegant theories and analyses to support or oppose this thesis, political leaders in most countries have viewed it with a jaundiced eye. In spite of strenuous efforts by the United States, especially in Iraq, democracy has not taken hold and the Democratic Peace Theory appears to be strained when the United States attempts to work with other democratic states. The problem with the thesis is not that democratic institutions will not encourage nonmilitary resolution of conflicts, but rather a failure to understand what democracy actually is. Karl Popper wrote that democracy is a system whereby governments can be changed peacefully. Robert Dahl defined democracy as a system in which the people participate in the selection of their political leaders. Both definitions are incomplete. The lack of a generally recognized definition of democracy has led to false lessons and disastrous policy choices by political leaders in many states. For the Democratic Peace Theory to be a legitimate tool of political theory, we must understand what democracy really is. This paper is an outline of a more complete definition of democracy. Without it the policy makers of the 21st century cannot hope to achieve peace and the Democratic Peace Theory is an empty hope.

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