List of possible exceptions to the democratic peace theory

List of possible exceptions to the democratic peace theory

One of the claims of theDubious|date=August 2008 democratic peace theory is the absence of war (usually defined as more than 1000 battle deaths per yearFailed verification|date=August 2008 [cite web
url=http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/war_sexual_violence
title=War and sexual violence: an issue of security
last=Goetz
first=Anne Marie
coauthor=Joanne Sandler
publisher=OpenDemocracy
date=3 December 2007
] ) between well-established (usually defined as older than 3 years) liberal democracies (electoral democracies granting also a substantial array of civil rights and freedoms).Dubious|date=August 2008 Regarding the franchise, one usual requirement is that at least 2/3 of the adult males can vote. Since some of the authors supporting democratic peace theory argue also (or instead) that war is less likely to happen between two electoral democracies, there may be some overlapping between the two terms in the following discussion. Furthermore, since not all researchers use the requirement that democracies must be well-established, wars between young democracies are included also.

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