Liberalism and World Politics Author(s): Michael W. Doyle Source: The American Political Science Review, Vol. 80, No. 4 (Dec., 1986), pp. 1151-1169 Published by: American Political Science Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1960861 . Accessed: 15/10/2011 20:37 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. American Political Science Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The American Political Science Review. http://www.jstor.org LIBERALISMAND WORLDPOLITICS MICHAEL W. DOYLE Johns Hopkins University Building on a growing literaturein internationalpolitical science, I reexamine the traditional liberal claim that governments founded on a respect for individualliberty exercise "restraint" and "peacefulintentions" in theirforeign policy. I look at three distinct theoreticaltraditions of liberalism,attributable to three theorists: Schumpeter,a democratic capitalist whose explanation of liberal pacifism we often invoke; Machiavelli, a classical republicanwhose glory is an imperialismwe often practice;and Kant, a liberalrepublican whose theory of internationalismbest accounts for what we are. Despite the contradictionsof liberalpacifism and liberalimperialism, I find, with Kant and other democraticrepublicans, that liberalismdoes leave a coherent legacy on foreign affairs.Liberal states are different.They are indeedpeaceful.