ABSTRACT
A great deal of attention has been paid to the proposition that democracies are less likely to go to war with one another. Much less work has been done on whether democracy ensures domestic peace . This is regrettable because internal wars have become increasingly important in the post-Cold War era, producing consequences that extend well beyond the boundaries of the states in which they take place. As the world experiences an unprecedented wave of democratization along with continued high levels of domestic conflict, the link between these two phenomena needs to be explored by both scholars and policymakers.