Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Which one of the following is not a Kantian influence that acts as a constraint on war?
ADemocracies will refrain from using force against other democracies
BEconomically important trade creates incentives to maintain peaceful relations
CGlobal civil society exerts itself ✓ Correct
DInternational organizations can constrain decision makers by promoting peace
Correct answer: (C) Global civil society exerts itself — The influence that is not a Kantian constraint on war is the self-assertion of global civil society.
Explanation
★The influence that is not a Kantian constraint on war is the self-assertion of global civil society.
★Kant's 'Perpetual Peace' (1795) set out conditions that make war between states less likely.
★The first is that republics, or democracies, are reluctant to fight other democracies.
★The second is that trade and economic interdependence give states incentives to keep the peace.
★The third is that international organisations and law constrain decision-makers towards cooperation.
★These three form the tripod later revived as the democratic peace and liberal institutionalism.
★Global civil society is a constructivist and liberal idea, but not part of Kant's original scheme.
★Michael Doyle drew on these Kantian conditions in his work on the democratic peace.
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