<P> Mousseau ( 2000 , 2005 ) argues that it is market - oriented development that creates the norms and values that explain both democracy and the peace . In less developed countries individuals often depend on social networks that impose conformity to in - group norms and beliefs , and loyalty to group leaders . When jobs are plentiful on the market , in contrast , as in market - oriented developed countries , individuals depend on a strong state that enforces contracts equally . Cognitive routines emerge of abiding by state law rather than group leaders , and , as in contracts , tolerating differences among individuals . Voters in marketplace democracies thus accept only impartial ' liberal ' governments , and constrain leaders to pursue their interests in securing equal access to global markets and in resisting those who distort such access with force . Marketplace democracies thus share common foreign policy interests in the supremacy -- and predictability -- of international law over brute power politics , and equal and open global trade over closed trade and imperial preferences . When disputes do originate between marketplace democracies , they are less likely than others to escalate to violence because both states , even the stronger one , perceive greater long - term interests in the supremacy of law over power politics . </P>
<P> Mousseau ( 2000 , 2005 ) argues that it is market - oriented development that creates the norms and values that explain both democracy and the peace . In less developed countries individuals often depend on social networks that impose conformity to in - group norms and beliefs , and loyalty to group leaders . When jobs are plentiful on the market , in contrast , as in market - oriented developed countries , individuals depend on a strong state that enforces contracts equally . Cognitive routines emerge of abiding by state law rather than group leaders , and , as in contracts , tolerating differences among individuals . Voters in marketplace democracies thus accept only impartial ' liberal ' governments , and constrain leaders to pursue their interests in securing equal access to global markets and in resisting those who distort such access with force . Marketplace democracies thus share common foreign policy interests in the supremacy -- and predictability -- of international law over brute power politics , and equal and open global trade over closed trade and imperial preferences . When disputes do originate between marketplace democracies , they are less likely than others to escalate to violence because both states , even the stronger one , perceive greater long - term interests in the supremacy of law over power politics . </P>
what policy is generally considered important based on the logic of democratic-peace theory
what policy is generally considered important based on the logic of democratic-peace theory
market - oriented development
market - oriented development