Incompatibility, Confrontation, and War
Four Models and Three Historical Systems, 1816-1976
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Wallensteen (0000-0002-8191-4642, Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-90 |
| Publication date | 1981-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002234338101800104 |
| OpenAlex | W2041845086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
Incompatibilities based on the functions of the state and the system of states are often thought to give rise to confrontations and war. Departing from the exclusive characteristics of the state, four models built around different incompatibilities can be constructed: the Geopolitik, Realpolitik, Kapitalpolitik, and Idealpolitik models. The inter-state system since 1816 can, furthermore, be seen as three consecutive systems, where the four models predict conflict behaviour in different pairs of major states. Carrying out such a test, with the use of Correlates of War data, all models have some explanatory power, but only one version of the Idealpolitik model manages to capture more than two-thirds of all war relations between major states. Also, the results demonstrate how the three systems relate to each other in a logical evolution, with only one more step to take, but at the cost of humankind
Algorithm · Computer security · Epistemology · Explanatory power · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Realpolitik · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
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War, Peace and Conflict Resolution
Domestic Political Systems and War Proneness
Security and International Relations
Economic Cycles, Power Transitions, Political Management and Wars between Major Powers
Alliances and war
Alliances That Never Balance
Mapping the Probability of War and Analyzing the Possibility of Peace
External threat and the limits of democratic pacifism
Geographical Proximity and Issue Salience
R. J. Rummel's Understanding Conflict and War
The Correlates of War Project
Enduring Rivalries and Territorial Disputes, 1950-1990
Cumulation in Qip
Geography, War and Peace
Territorial nationalism in spatial rivalries
Bringing geography back to the study of international relations
Escalation
Universalism vs. Particularism
Explaining Relative Peace
Geography and war
Spatial Models of International Conflicts
The Steps to War
Alliances as a Necessary Condition of Multiparty Wars
Bordering on Peace
The Role of Issues in Global Co-operation and Conflict
The steps to war in Asia, 1931–45
Why Do Neighbors Fight? Proximity, Interaction, or Territoriality
Geographic proximity and third-party joiners in militarized interstate disputes
Armed Conflict at the End of the Cold War, 1989-92
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2016 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |