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In '''''Power Kills''''' |
In '''''Power Kills: Democracy as a Method of Nonviolence''''' by [[R. J. Rummel]] (1997) argues that the more power a [[government]] has, the more it tends to kill its own citizens and make war on other countries, and conversely, the less power a government has over its citizens, the less it tends to kill them or to launch wars of aggression. |
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==Table of Contents== |
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PART I: THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT OF OUR TIME |
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Introduction to Part I |
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2. No War between Democracies |
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3. Democracy Limits Bilateral Violence |
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4. Democracies are Least Warlike |
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5. Democracies are Most Internally Peaceful |
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6. Democracies Don't Murder Their Citizens |
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PART II: WHY ARE DEMOCRACIES NONVIOLENT? |
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7. A New Fact? |
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8. What is to be Explained? [On The Nature of Democracy] |
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9. First Level Explanation: The People's Will |
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10. Second Level Explanation: Cross-Pressures, Exchange Culture, and In-Group Perception |
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11. Third Level Explanation I: Social Field and Freedom |
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12. Third Level Explanation II: Antifield and Power |
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13. Power Kills [Why Does Power Kill?] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE6.HTM https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE6.HTM] |
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*[http://www.fff.org/freedom/1197f.asp Review] - by Richard M. Ebeling, November 1997{{deadlink|date=February 2013}} |
*[http://www.fff.org/freedom/1197f.asp Review] - by Richard M. Ebeling, November 1997{{deadlink|date=February 2013}} |
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In Power Kills: Democracy as a Method of Nonviolence by R. J. Rummel (1997) argues that the more power a government has, the more it tends to kill its own citizens and make war on other countries, and conversely, the less power a government has over its citizens, the less it tends to kill them or to launch wars of aggression.
Table of Contents
PART I: THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT OF OUR TIME
Introduction to Part I 2. No War between Democracies 3. Democracy Limits Bilateral Violence 4. Democracies are Least Warlike 5. Democracies are Most Internally Peaceful 6. Democracies Don't Murder Their Citizens
PART II: WHY ARE DEMOCRACIES NONVIOLENT?
7. A New Fact? 8. What is to be Explained? [On The Nature of Democracy] 9. First Level Explanation: The People's Will 10. Second Level Explanation: Cross-Pressures, Exchange Culture, and In-Group Perception 11. Third Level Explanation I: Social Field and Freedom 12. Third Level Explanation II: Antifield and Power 13. Power Kills [Why Does Power Kill?]
See also
References
- Power Kills: Democracy as a Method of Nonviolence by R.J. Rummel (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books, 1997); 246 pages
External links
- https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE6.HTM
- Review - by Richard M. Ebeling, November 1997[dead link]
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