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Many countries today appoint their governments on the basis of competitive elections but fall short with respect to other properties of liberal democracy. Such regimes can be classified in a conceptual typology based on a hierarchical distinction between electoral rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Empirical realities provide an almost perfect match with this hierarchy as high respect for the rule of law hardly ever exists without high respect for civil liberties, which almost never exists without high respect for electoral rights. This finding questions the potential of an 'authoritarian' pathway to liberal democracy which privileges the rule of law over electoral rights.

Many countries today appoint their governments on the basis of competitive elections but fall short with respect to other properties of liberal democracy. Such regimes can be classified in a conceptual typology based on a hierarchical distinction between electoral rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Empirical realities provide an almost perfect match with this hierarchy as high respect for the rule of law hardly ever exists without high respect for civil liberties, which almost never exists without high respect for electoral rights. This finding questions the potential of an 'authoritarian' pathway to liberal democracy which privileges the rule of law over electoral rights. Adapted from the source document.

ObjectivesThis study explores potential reciprocity in the relationship of democracy with peace. In the decade since introduction of a potential causal role for conflict relative to regime type in the 1990s, a number of theoretical and empirical advances have been made. These steps forward include an innovative statistical technique for estimating multiple equations with categorical dependent variables.MethodsWe use a system of equations to explore the reciprocal relationship. In our statistical model, we employ a variety of new independent variables and novel measurements of established independent variables that have emerged in the conflict processes literature.ResultsWe find that the reciprocal relationship between conflict and regime type is sustained as a theoretically and empirically valid way to think about these two concepts.ConclusionsOur results support the idea that reciprocity should find a place within the continuing trajectory of the neo‐Kantian research program.

The democratic peace has received substantial empirical support in the modern international system. The consistency of the results does not imply that reasonable critiques do not exist, that is, the effects of development, liberal economic structures, and preferences. These challenges, however, tend to strongly correlate with democracy, making direct statistical tests inefficient and not necessarily convincing. This study attempts to evaluate these challenges and extend the temporal domain of the democratic peace through an empirical analysis of Renaissance Italy. The data set contains the seven major powers of Renaissance Italy between 1250 and 1494, with measures of war, power, regime type, preferences, and contiguity. The analyses show that joint republicanism, power preponderance, and preference similarity decrease the probability of war.

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