Imperialism as a Level of Analysis in Correlates-of-War Research

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ID6284107
AuthorsGernot Köhler (0000-0002-8729-2944, Canadian Peace Research Institute Oakville, Ontario, corresponding author)
Year1975
Volume19
Issue1
Pages48-62
Publication date1975-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002200277501900103
OpenAlexW2089036559
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited6

It is argued that correlates-of-war research could benefit from paying more attention to imperialism. Imperialism can be thought of as a level of analysis co-equal to the individual, national, global, and other analytic levels. The imperial level of analysis has implications for concept formation, selection of explanatory variables, and the formulation of hypotheses in correlates-of-war research and has, therefore, important implications for the development of a theory of war and peace. The argument is buttressed by an empirical investigation which shows that imperial leader nations become more peaceful after they lose their imperial system. The empirical part of this investigation thus reinforces the contention that correlates-of-war research at the imperial level is meaningful and worthwhile

Argument (complex analysis · Development economics · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Selection (genetic algorithm · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance

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