%0 Journal Article %1 2007gartzke %A Gartzke, Erik %D 2007 %I Midwest Political Science Association %J American Journal of Political Science %K Cranmer IR %N 1 %P pp. 166-191 %T The Capitalist Peace %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/4122913 %V 51 %X It is widely accepted that democracies are less conflict prone, if only with other democracies. Debate persists, however, about the causes underlying liberal peace. This article offers a contrarian account based on liberal political economy. Economic development, free markets, and similar interstate interests all anticipate a lessening of militarized disputes or wars. This "capitalist peace" also accounts for the effect commonly attributed to regime type in standard statistical tests of the democratic peace.

@article{2007gartzke, abstract = {It is widely accepted that democracies are less conflict prone, if only with other democracies. Debate persists, however, about the causes underlying liberal peace. This article offers a contrarian account based on liberal political economy. Economic development, free markets, and similar interstate interests all anticipate a lessening of militarized disputes or wars. This "capitalist peace" also accounts for the effect commonly attributed to regime type in standard statistical tests of the democratic peace.}, added-at = {2012-12-24T14:37:25.000+0100}, author = {Gartzke, Erik}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d7b3961b80bf0ee7b36fd5fc41044673/ursula_wa}, copyright = {Copyright © 2007 Midwest Political Science Association}, description = {JSTOR: American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan., 2007), pp. 166-191}, interhash = {7fc603b21710d56bb1060ac337b6fd11}, intrahash = {d7b3961b80bf0ee7b36fd5fc41044673}, issn = {00925853}, journal = {American Journal of Political Science}, jstor_articletype = {research-article}, jstor_formatteddate = {Jan., 2007}, keywords = {Cranmer IR}, language = {English}, number = 1, pages = {pp. 166-191}, publisher = {Midwest Political Science Association}, timestamp = {2012-12-24T14:37:25.000+0100}, title = {The Capitalist Peace}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4122913}, volume = 51, year = 2007 }