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This 12 page paper begins by explaining what the democratic peace theory is and why it works most of the time. The writer reports and comments on why so few nations have been successful in changing from an autocratic government to a democratic government. The conditions and characteristics that are conducive to institutionalizing democracy are explained. The discussion then turns to the Middle East and Africa and the difficulties they have had in democratization programs. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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State of the Union Address, 1994) Democratic peace theory posits that democracies do not go to war against other democracies (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). The theory inherently posits that non-democratic states will
go to war with democratic states and with other non-democratic states (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). Democratic peace theorists argue domestic pressures and the assumption that democratic states share norms of behaviors dramatically
lowers the chance of war between democracies (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). Those in power to make the decisions regarding war are restrained by "the multiplicity of political structures and voices in policy
making" (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). Further, leaders who are elected by the people could lose the next election if an aggressive conflict did not have the support of the masses (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003).
Experts suggest that democracies are far more likely to become allies with other democracies because they typically share similar values and they do not perceive each other as
aggressive combatants (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). Other theorists propose that democratic leaders and societies "are socialized by democratic norms to settle domestic discrepancies peacefully, and are predisposed to settle international differences in
the same manner" (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). For these reasons, democratic peace theorists believe that the spread of democracy will create a more stable world, one with less aggression between countries
and the more democracies there are in the world, the more peaceful the world will be (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003). Following the September 11 attacks, Michael Kelly, writing for the
Washington Post, stated that "democracy is necessary for the ultimate establishment of free, tolerant and neighborly states" (Garfinkle, 2002, p. 156). Tyson points out that since the end of
World War II, few nations have been successful in institutionalizing democracy (1996). Tyson states: "Throughout the former Soviet areas, among the Arab countries of the Middle East, across Africa, and
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