Studies about which state is the initiator of a given war show that democracies
a. will often attack other democracies.
b. often do the attacking.
c. are almost always the victims of attacks by autocracies.
d. rarely engage in war.
The claim that democracies are less likely to go to war than autocracies is
a. not correct statistically.
b. entirely correct statistically.
c. dependent on the period of study.
d. ambiguous.
Rational choice theorists argue that democratic political institutions have two effects on their leaders that make them cautious about going to war with one another: democratic states are more likely to win wars and
a. leaders have a greater sensitivity to the political costs of losing a war.
b. citizens are unlikely to support their government's war efforts.
c. conflict rarely solves the problem at hand.
d. other democracies will intervene to prevent conflict.
Which democratic theory approach argues that democratic political institutions make democracies more cautious about going to war with one another?
a. Normative explanation
b. Institutional explanation
c. Interdependence explanation
d. Structural explanation
How do audience costs help to explain the democratic peace?
a. As the audience in a democracy is always against war, it is difficult for a democratic leader to enter into war.
b. Audience costs no longer explain the democratic peace, as the audience in most democracies has a veryweak knowledge of politics.
c. Audience costs describe the cost to a political leader of reneging on a promise. As there are strongeraudience costs in a democracy than in a non-democratic state, democratic leaders are less likely to break apromise and enter into war.
d. Citizens and leaders in democracies respect the institutions of democracy, not only in their own country, but inother countries as well. They reject the idea of forcibly conquering another democracy.
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