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- The Scourge of War: New Extensions on an Old Problem
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
summary
J. David Singer's legendary Correlates of War project represented the first comprehensive effort by political scientists to gather and analyze empirical data about the causes of war. In doing so, Singer and his colleagues transformed the face of twentieth-century political science. Their work provoked some of the most important debates in modern international relations -- about the rules governing territory, international intervention, and the so-called "democratic peace."
Editor Paul F. Diehl has now convened some of the world's foremost international conflict analysis specialists to reassess COW's contribution to our understanding of global conflict. Each chapter takes one of COW's pathbreaking ideas and reevaluates it in light of subsequent world events and developments in the field. The result is a critical retrospective that will reintroduce Singer's important and still-provocative findings to a new generation of students and specialists.
Paul F. Diehl is Professor of Political Science and University Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Table of Contents
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- Part I: PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF WAR AND CONFLICT
- Part II: NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL FACTORS
- Part III: DYADIC FACTORS AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS
- INTERVENTIONS AS INFLUENCE
- pp. 145-168
- TOWARD A SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF WAR
- pp. 222-236
- REFERENCES
- pp. 237-260
- CONTRIBUTORS
- pp. 261-262
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472024094
Related ISBN(s)
9780472113958
MARC Record
OCLC
615635608
Pages
280
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No