Freedom and psychological proximity as preconditions of nonviolence: the social psychology of democratic peace

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246315588907" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246315588907</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246315588907" target="_blank" >10.1177/0081246315588907</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Freedom and psychological proximity as preconditions of nonviolence: the social psychology of democratic peace

Original language description

Democracies pursue peaceful conflict resolution with each other as well as in their domestic affairs. This empirical law? is known as democratic peace (pax democratica), but it lacks a persuasive theoretical explanation. Utilizing psychology, democraticpeace can be explained by frustration?aggression and proximity theories. The substance of democracy includes the culture of freedom and equality. Freedoms reduce frustration and thus instigation to aggressive behaviour. Nonviolence is also encouraged bypsychological proximity ? reduction in horizontal and vertical psychological distance. Horizontal closeness depends on shared identity ? civic nationalism, civic culture, and humanism/civility; vertical closeness depends on equality under the rule of lawand popular elections with a general right to vote and hold office. In conclusion, reduced frustration and perceived social proximity diminish aggression and facilitate peaceful conflict resolution. The sources of democratic peace thus l

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

South African Journal of Psychology

ISSN

0081-2463

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

45

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

ZA - SOUTH AFRICA

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

564-577

UT code for WoS article

000364722100013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84946749892