Nations in Conflict. National Growth and International Violence.

Choucri, Nazli; North, Robert Carver

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“…8 Some scholars bucked this cold war trend, however, retaining development in the driver's seat of history. As before, both optimists (Kuznets 1966(Kuznets , 1973Rosecrance 1985Rosecrance , 1996 and pessimists (Choucri & North 1975Kennedy 1989) 9 coexisted in a common analytical universe. 10 The 5 Rowe (1999) argues that rising factor prices in periods of heated development lead to a sense of relative decline, insecurity, and preventive war.…”

Section: Studies Of Economic Development and Interstate Conflictmentioning

confidence: 67%

Prosperous Pacifists: The Effects of Development on Initiators and Targets of Territorial Conflict

Gartzke

Rohner

2010

SSRN Journal

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Scholars have suggested several ways in which economic development could affect interstate conflict. Supply side arguments view modern economies as more difficult to subdue or exploit through force (i.e., development creates states that are "bitter pills"). The demand side perspective argues in contrast that development lessens the appeal of conquest among potential aggressors (i.e., development creates "prosperous pacifists"). We offer a formal model that isolates contrasting consequences of development for initiators and targets. We use a directed dyad research design to test hypotheses drawn from the model on measures of territorial conflict. The development of potential initiators, not of possible targets, discourages conflict among nations.

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Section: Studies Of Economic Development and Interstate Conflictmentioning

confidence: 67%

Prosperous Pacifists: The Effects of Development on Initiators and Targets of Territorial Conflict

Gartzke

Rohner

2010

SSRN Journal

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“…Herbert Moller (1964Moller ( , 1968 and John Gillis (1974) had written about how rising population and large youth cohorts contributed to the European Revolutions of 1848. In addition, I found that Nazli Choucri and Robert North (1975) had written about how European population growth had contributed to the outbreak of World War I, and that Myron Weiner (1971) had even coined the phrase "political demography" in his analysis of how ethnic immigration could trigger local conflicts with both the native population and with governments. Yet as far as I could tell there was no existing scholarship analyzing the global role of population movements in revolutions and rebellions.…”

Section: Serendipity and The Origins Of Dstmentioning

confidence: 99%

Demographic Structural Theory: 25 Years On

Goldstone¹

2017

CDN

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“…Preserving ones' existence supposes having the ability to develop oneself and to oppose any destructive action from the environment. In other words, it supposes power in order to ensure satisfactory domestic capability to meet the population needs (Choucri & North, 1975, 1989 and maximal security (Waltz, 1979). The power of a state can arise from demographic development, economic development, territorial expansion or recuperation.…”

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“…These items were devised in multiple ways. First, a list of items was created by the investigators on the basis of the current literature on the causes of wars (e.g., Blainey, 1973;Bremer, 1980;Choucri & North, 1975;Diehl & Goertz, 1988;Kugler & Organski, 1989;Midlarsky, 1975Midlarsky, , 1989Midlarsky, , 2000Singer & Small, 1972;Wright, 1942), and on the basis of the literature on human motivation (Apter, 2001;Deci & Ryan, 1985;McClelland, 1985). This list was then shown to six people who formed a focus group.…”

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Public Perception of the Motives that Lead Political Leaders to Launch Interstate Armed Conflicts: A Structural and Cross-Cultural Study

Djeriouat¹,

Mullet

2013

Univ Psychol

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a b s t r a c tThe way the people from two culturally very different countries perceive the psychological motives that lead political leaders to launch armed actions against other states was examined. Three types of possible psychological motives, taken from McClelland's (1985) theory of human motivation, were considered: motives associated with the state's power (e.g., increasing the country's economic power), motives associated with other states' political character (e.g., whether neighboring states are relatively peaceful democracies or threatening autocracies), and motives associated with domestic issues (e.g., appearing as a strong leader able to efficiently fight for the security of the country). A total of 442 participants living in Western Europe (France) and 180 participants living in the Maghreb (Algeria) were presented with a Motives of War questionnaire that was created for the present set of studies. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses showed that the hypothesized model of motives holds with the condition that the increasing power motive is divided into two separate motives: one associated with the economy and one associated with the territory. The motives of war tended to be seen as more personal and as more associated with domestic issues among people living in Algeria than among people living in France. Among traditional/ authoritarian people living in France, the motives of war tended to be seen in a more positive light than among liberal people. In contrast, among traditional/authoritarian people living in Algeria, the motives of war tend to be seen in a more negative light than among liberal people. Key words authorsInternational Conflicts, Human Motivation, Aggression, Personality, Values, Conservatism. Key words plusPublic Perceptions, Structural and Transcultural Study r e s u m e n Se examina la forma en que las personas de dos países culturalmente muy diferentes perciben los motivos psicológicos que conducen a los líderes políticos a poner en marcha acciones armadas contra otro estados. Tres tipos de motivos psicológicos posibles, tomados de la teoría de McClelland (1985) sobre la motivación humana fueron consideradas: motivos asociados con el estado de poder (e.g., incrementar el poder económico del país),

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Nations in Conflict. National Growth and International Violence.

Cited by 88 publications

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Prosperous Pacifists: The Effects of Development on Initiators and Targets of Territorial Conflict

Prosperous Pacifists: The Effects of Development on Initiators and Targets of Territorial Conflict

Demographic Structural Theory: 25 Years On

Public Perception of the Motives that Lead Political Leaders to Launch Interstate Armed Conflicts: A Structural and Cross-Cultural Study

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