Two Paths to the Promotion of Democracy during U.S. Military Interventions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7301901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Peceny (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 371-371 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8833 • E-ISSN: 1468-2478 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2600926 |
| OpenAlex | W2335661980 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article argues that presidents adopt "pro-liberalization policies" during military interventions for one of two reasons. Presidents' initial choices are most affected by the security conditions in the broad international environment and within the country in question. If presidents initially adopt "non-liberalization" policies, however, liberal internationalist attacks from Congress can often compel presidents to shift to pro-liberalization policies during the course of an intervention. Under these circumstances, presidents use the promotion of democracy to build domestic political consensus and "policy legitimacy" for U.S. interventions. This article tests the argument through an analysis of the universe of cases of the adoption of pro-liberalization and non-liberalization policies during twentieth-century U.S. military interventions
Argument (complex analysis · Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · International relations · Intervention (counseling · Legitimacy · Liberalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Psychological intervention · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Medicine · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
Testing Structural Explanations for U.S. Military Intervention
Remaking the World in America's Image
The U.S. use of military intervention to promote democracy
Deciding to Intervene
Transformative Choices
Does Withdrawal of Troops After Military Intervention Reduce Rebel Groups
Testing Models of U.S. Foreign Policy
The U.S. and third World Revolutionary States
Biometric voter registration
Forcing Them To Be Free
Why Does the United States Intervene Abroad? Democracy, Human Rights Violations, and Terrorism
External Supporters and Negotiated Settlement
Sponsoring Democracy
Constructivist Implications of Material Power
The lingering liberal moment
The Struggle for Human Rights in Africa
The Limit of American Public Support for Military Intervention
Democracy, commitment problems and managing ethnic violence
A Constructivist Interpretation of the Liberal Peace
American Politics
Liberal Tradition in America
Foreign Policy by Congress, by Edward Weisband and Thomas W. Franck
The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War
Bullying and Bargaining
Congress
American Politics
American foreign policy and the democratic ideal
The Presidency of William McKinley
The Decline of Party in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1887-1968
Heterogeneous Parties and Political Organization
Bipartisanship, Partisanship, and Ideology in Congressional-Executive Foreign Policy Relations, 1947-1988
Parochialism, Policy, and Constituency Constraints
The ABM Issue in the Senate, 1968-1970
The Alliance That Lost Its Way
The United States and the Caribbean Republics, 1921-1933
The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
The Dominican Intervention
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,66 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |