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Replication data for: Democratization and International Border Agreements

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Title Replication data for: Democratization and International Border Agreements
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/C2RVUT
 
Creator Owsiak, Andrew P.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Does the removal of salient external threats foster democratization? Recent research proposes an affirmative answer but either fails to examine democratization at the monadic level, to consider small-scale democratization, or to account for factors known to influence the democratization process. The current study addresses this deficit by (re)examining democratization during the period 1919–2006. The findings suggest a strong relationship between border settlement and democratization. A state that settles all of its interstate borders democratizes; any outstanding unsettled borders, however, prevent significant democratization. Furthermore, although border settlement contributes to democratization, it does not significantly affect democratic regime change. This empirical evidence cumulatively specifies a more precise relationship between external threat and democratization than previous work and thereby contributes directly to the recent debate between the territorial and democratic peace theories. It also suggests that democratization may proceed more readily if states address unsettled borders first.
 
Subject Democratization
International borders
 
Date 2013
 
Relation Owsiak, Andrew P. (2012) Signing Up for Peace: International Boundary Agreements, Democracy, and Militarized Interstate Conflict. International Studies Quarterly 56(1):51-66. Owsiak, Andrew P., and Toby J. Rider. (2013) Clearing the Hurdle: Border Settlement and Rivalry Termination. Journal of Politics 75(3): 757-772.
 
Type Border agreements and democratization