The West, civil society, and the construction of peace

The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace describes how the challenges of peacemaking following the First and Second World Wars defined the West. In turn, the difficulties in applying the Western recipe for peace to the new security challenges of a globalizing world is threatening to destroy the international community. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen explains how the values of civil society have held the West together and concludes that ''the democratic peace'' is not a ''law'' but a recipe for security. How Do You Make Peace And How Do You Keep It? The West, Civil Society And The Construction Of Peace Studies The Debates On Peace, World Order And Security Following The Victory Of The Western Powers In The First And Second World Wars And The Cold War. The West Believed That A Lasting Peace Could Only Be Made With 'civil Societies'. This Belief In The Civil Nature Of Liberal Societies Has Defined The Western Way Of Peacemaking From Woodrow Wilson And Lloyd George To George W. Bush And Tony Blair. Focusing On Civil Society, Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen Puts Democratic Peace Theory In Perspective By Analysing Adam Ferguson's And Immanuel Kant's Notions Of Peace. Democratic Peace Is Not A Fact But A Political Practice Which Has Defined The West As A Unique Unit Of International Agency, But The West In No Longer The Community That It Once Was. The Europeans And The United States Have Increasingly Different Conceptions Of Peace.--book Jacket. A Time For Peace -- Imagine Peace -- A World Safe For Democracy, 1917-19 -- The Sinews Of Peace, 1944-51 -- New World Orders, 1989-2001 -- Ironic Democratic Peace Theory. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 192-205) And Index. How do you make peace and how do you keep it? The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace studies the debates on peace, world order and security following the victory of the Western powers in the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War. The West believed that a lasting peace could only be made with 'civil societies'. This belief in the civil nature of liberal societies has defined the Western way of peacemaking from Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George to George W. Bush and Tony Blair. Focusing on civil society, Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen puts democratic peace theory in perspective by analysing Adam Ferguson's and Immanuel Kant's notions of peace. Democratic peace is not a fact but a political practice which has defined the west as a unique unit of international agency, but the West is no longer the community that it once was. The Europeans and the United States have increasingly different conceptions of peace Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction: A Time for Peace....Pages 1-15 Imagine Peace....Pages 16-42 A World Safe for Democracy, 1917–19....Pages 43-81 The Sinews of Peace, 1944–51....Pages 82-126 New World Orders, 1989–2001....Pages 127-173 Conclusion: Ironic Democratic Peace Theory....Pages 174-188 Back Matter....Pages 189-208