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Abstract

Democracy, global governance, and peaceful change are often assumed to be mutually supportive aspirations. This chapter considers the arguments put forward in favor of this assumption, encompassing not only the prospective relationship between peaceful change and national democracy but also the presumed role in facilitating peaceful change of conceptions of democracy in global governance and in transnational relations. Each of these arguments is critiqued, and the chapter concludes by elucidating the limited role in peaceful change of democracy, whether it is considered at the national level or in global governance and transnational relations. The analysis considers peaceful change in both minimalist conceptions centered on war prevention and maximalist conceptions concerning the advancement of global justice, and it evaluates the roles of both established and emerging powers.

Publication Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Davies, T. R. (2020). Democracy, Global Governance, and Peaceful Change. In: Paul, T. V., Larson, D. W., Trinkunas, H. A., Wivel, A. and Emmers, R. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations. . Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190097356. reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press http://dx.doi/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190097356.013.22
Publisher Keywords:	Democracy, Global Governance, Transnational Relations, Peaceful Change, International Institutions
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science J Political Science > JZ International relations
Departments:	School of Policy & Global Affairs > International Politics

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