Abstract
Does Democratic Peace Theory Genuinely Envision Global Peace? A Critical Approach
Highlights
Theoretical discourse on democracy and peace is not new in the study of international relations
According to Small and Singer (1976) and Doyle (1983), the Democratic Peace Theory does not suggest that democratic states are not war prone as autocracies, but that they are as hostile as autocracies, if not more
Numerous studies about the liberal peace theory are available in the literature, there is an important gap about the discussion on the analysis of DTP within the framework of the Critical International Relations Theory (CIRT)
Summary
Theoretical discourse on democracy and peace is not new in the study of international relations. It can be argued that these critics fell short in explaining the different behaviors displayed by democratic states towards democracies and autocracies Both the Democratic Peace Theory and its critics, adopting a realist understanding, mostly overlooked the economic relations and ignored the unipolar “hegemonic structure”. Numerous studies about the liberal peace theory are available in the literature, there is an important gap about the discussion on the analysis of DTP within the framework of the Critical International Relations Theory (CIRT). The aim of this study was to evaluate the Democratic Peace Theory by adopting the perspective of the Critical Theory. In this regard, the analytical framework method was employed in the study. The final section employs the critical theory of international relations in analyzing the DPT, with the intent to elucidate the weaknesses of the Democratic Peace approach
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