Lipson, Charles. <br/><br/>
Reliable partners :  how democracies have made a separate peace / 
Charles Lipson. 
 - Princeton, N.J. ;  Oxford :  Princeton University Press,  (c)2003. 
 - 1 online resource (259 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The argument in a nutshell --  Is there really peace among democracies? --  A contracting theory of the democratic peace and its alternatives --  Why democratic bargains are reliable : constitutions, open politics, and the electorate --  Leadership succession as a cause of war : the structural advantage of democracies --  Extending the argument : implications of secure contracting among constitutional democracies --  Conclusion: reliable partners and reliable peace 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400850723 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy.<br/>Peace.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC423  / .R455 2005