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causes of war becomes even more complex. Although each of these forms of warfare shares some common elements (for example, the use of military force is usually seen as a strategy for advancing group interests), there are important differences as well.
main theoretical arguments and each of the levels of analysis with examples from a wide range of historical cases. Our survey of theories of war, guided by the levels-of-analysis framework, leads us to ask whether the outbreak of wars is due more to states’ external competition for power and security or to their internal political dynamics or the
first half of the semester we survey the leading theories of the causes of war, using the “levels-of-analysis” framework to categorize these theories and organize our survey, while illustrating theories with historical examples.
leading theories of causes of war between nation-states, some familiarity with the causes of the 8-10 wars students select as their research projects, and a much deeper understanding of “their war.”
What can we do to bring ongoing wars to an end and to consolidate peace in their aftermath? This course addresses these questions, focusing on a variety of popular and scholarly explanations for war and peace.
The Causes of War Syllabus - Jack Levy - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document provides an overview of a course on the causes of war taught by Professor Jack S. Levy at Rutgers University.
I organize this review and assessment of the literature on the causes of war around a levels-of-analysis framework and focus primarily on balance of power theories, power transition theories, the relationship between economic interdependence and war, diversionary theories of conflict, domestic coalitional theories, and the nature of decision ...
