THEORIES OF GENERAL WAR.
In: World Politics, Jg. 37 (1985-04-01), Heft 3, S. 344-374
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This study examines the theories of general or hegemonic war advanced by Toynbee, Modelski and Thompson, Wallerstein and Chase-Dunn, Gilpin, and Doran, and the related theories of Organski and Kugler, and of Väyrynen. These theories have generated conflicting hypotheses and different lists of general wars. A major impediment to the empirical testing of these divergent hypotheses is the fact that complete operational criteria are rarely provided for the central concept of general war; instead, general war is usually defined broadly in terms of its systemic consequences, so that some key hypotheses on the consequences and causes of general war are reduced to tautologies. An alternative definition, and a compilation of general wars, is offered for the modern great-power system, which is conceived in terms of a Eurocentric focus and the primacy of military security issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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THEORIES OF GENERAL WAR.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Levy, Jack S. |
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Zeitschrift: | World Politics, Jg. 37 (1985-04-01), Heft 3, S. 344-374 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1985 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0043-8871 (print) |
DOI: | 10.2307/2010247 |
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