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Article: Authoritarian Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace
Title | Authoritarian Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=INO |
Citation | International Organization, 2018, v. 72 n. 1, p. 227-242 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The 'democratic peace'—the regularity that democracies rarely (if ever) fight with other democracies but do fight with nondemocracies—is one of the most famous findings in international relations scholarship. There is little agreement, however, about the mechanism that underpins the democratic peace. Recently, scholars have shown that mass publics in liberal democracies are less supportive of using military force against other democracies. This finding has been taken to support the idea that the content of public opinion may provide one mechanism that underpins the democratic peace. Using a large-scale survey experiment, we show that mass publics in an authoritarian regime—China—show the same reluctance to use force against democracies as is found in western democracies. Our findings expand the empirical scope of the claim that mass publics are reluctant to use force against democracies, but force us to rethink how public opinion operates as a causal mechanism underpinning the democratic peace. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/246992 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 5.754 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 5.513 |
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dc.contributor.author | Bell, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Quek, CK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-18T08:20:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-18T08:20:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Organization, 2018, v. 72 n. 1, p. 227-242 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0020-8183 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/246992 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The 'democratic peace'—the regularity that democracies rarely (if ever) fight with other democracies but do fight with nondemocracies—is one of the most famous findings in international relations scholarship. There is little agreement, however, about the mechanism that underpins the democratic peace. Recently, scholars have shown that mass publics in liberal democracies are less supportive of using military force against other democracies. This finding has been taken to support the idea that the content of public opinion may provide one mechanism that underpins the democratic peace. Using a large-scale survey experiment, we show that mass publics in an authoritarian regime—China—show the same reluctance to use force against democracies as is found in western democracies. Our findings expand the empirical scope of the claim that mass publics are reluctant to use force against democracies, but force us to rethink how public opinion operates as a causal mechanism underpinning the democratic peace. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=INO | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Organization | - |
dc.rights | International Organization. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | - |
dc.rights | This article has been published in a revised form in [Journal] [http://doi.org/XXX]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © copyright holder. | - |
dc.title | Authoritarian Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Quek, CK: quek@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Quek, CK=rp01797 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S002081831700042X | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85033378563 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 281000 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 72 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 227 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 242 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000435479700008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0020-8183 | - |