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Challenges in Pluralism and Liberalism: State Variants and Democratic Peace

Explore the non-unitary nature of states and the challenges to utility and rationality assumptions in international politics. Learn about the different variants of liberalism, including commercial, democratic, and regulatory. Discover how liberal institutions play a role in pacifying states and promoting peace, as well as the concept of Democratic Peace theory.

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Challenges in Pluralism and Liberalism: State Variants and Democratic Peace

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  1. Pluralism/Liberalism States are not unitary Challenges utility and rationality assumptions-rationality is bounded Agenda of international politics is extensive

  2. Liberalism variants • Commercial liberalism- • Democratic liberalism • Regulatory liberalism

  3. Liberal states are different • Schumpeter-correlation btw. Liberalism-capitalism-democracy Liberal institutions pacify • Machiavelli-republican states have a better chance for survival and expansion • Kant- liberal institutions/common norms road to peace

  4. Democratic Peace • Democracies rarely fight with each other • 1982-Democratic peace- Bruce Russett • Is it because of norms that democracies have or increased costs of war for democracies? • Is it norm-based or utility based?

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