Power kills : democracy as a method of nonviolence /

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Author / Creator:Rummel, R. J. (Rudolph J.), 1932-
Imprint:New Brunswick [N.J.] : Transaction Publishers, c1997.
Description:ix, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2616306
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ISBN:1560002972 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Pt. I. The Most Important Fact of Our Time. 2. No War between Democracies. 3. Democracy Limits Bilateral Violence. 4. Democracies are Least Warlike. 5. Democracies are Most Internally Peaceful. 6. Democracies Don't Murder Their Citizens
  • Pt. II. Why are Democracies Nonviolent? 7. A New Fact? 8. What is to be Explained? 9. First-Level Explanation: The People's Will. 10. Second-Level Explanation: Cross-Pressures, Exchange Culture, and In-Group Perception. 11. Third-Level Explanation I: Social Field and Freedom. 12. Third-Level Explanation II: Antifield and Power. 13. Power Kills.