Regions of War and Peace

Regions of War and Peace by Douglas Lemke

In this contribution to the literature on the causes of war, Douglas Lemke asks whether the same factors affect minor powers as affect major ones. He investigates whether power parity and dissatisfaction with the status quo have an impact within Africa, the Far East, the Middle East and South America. Lemke argues that there are similarities across these regions and levels of power, and that parity and dissatisfaction are correlates of war around the world. The extent to which they increase the risk of war varies across regions, however, and the book looks at the possible sources of this cross-regional variation, concluding that differential progress toward development is the likely cause. This book will interest students and scholars of international relations and peace studies, as well as comparative politics and area studies.

'The book … deserves to be read by everyone interested in regional subsystems' Journal of Peace Research
'… a major contribution to international relations and the study of the causes of war … should encourage future research.' Michael Rudy, University of Missouri

Douglas Lemke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of several articles on international conflict in leading journals, and is co-author of Power Transitions (2001), and co-editor of Parity and War (1996).

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ISBN 13	9780521007726
ISBN 10	0521007720
Title	Regions of War and Peace
Author	Douglas Lemke
Series	Cambridge Studies In International Relations
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2002-01-21
Number of pages	256
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