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Preface | ||
Introduction: Rationality and the analysis of conflict | 1 | |
Pt. I | Conflict | 9 |
1 | Concepts of Conflict | 11 |
1 | The definition of conflict | 11 |
2 | Deadly quarrels | 14 |
3 | Violence and structural violence | 17 |
4 | Conflict analysis and its relatives | 22 |
2 | Social Science and the Study of Conflict | 25 |
1 | The nature of the social sciences | 25 |
2 | The level of analysis | 26 |
3 | A preliminary view of scientific development | 30 |
4 | Facts and evidence | 34 |
5 | Competitive theories: scientific research programmes and paradigms | 36 |
6 | Theories of human beings | 39 |
Pt. II | Rational Behaviour | 43 |
3 | Rationality and Conflict | 45 |
1 | Rationality and international relations | 45 |
2 | Simple rationality | 48 |
3 | Decision taking as a group process | 52 |
4 | The theory of games | 57 |
4 | Conflict and the Paradoxes of Rationality | 63 |
1 | The 'prisoners' dilemma' and the 'sure-thing principle' | 63 |
2 | Avoiding the paradox: some tentative approaches | 66 |
3 | Games of disarmament | 72 |
4 | The game of 'chicken' | 75 |
5 | Another look at nuclear deterrence | 82 |
5 | The Zero-Sum Game: Solutions and Interpretations | 89 |
1 | The solution of the zero-sum game | 89 |
2 | Hostility and the structure of games | 95 |
3 | Games of distribution | 99 |
Appendix: mixed strategies | 100 | |
6 | Emotion and Rationality | 104 |
1 | Rationality and violence | 104 |
2 | The uses and abuses of aggression | 105 |
3 | Ambivalence and violence | 108 |
4 | A model of the mind | 112 |
5 | Preferences: the definition of identity | 115 |
6 | Justifications of this analysis | 116 |
7 | The relation to rational choice | 117 |
7 | International Crises: The Warping of Rationality | 120 |
1 | The nature of international crises | 120 |
2 | Definitions and attributes | 121 |
3 | Adjustment to overload | 124 |
4 | The individual's responses to crisis | 127 |
5 | The group's responses to crisis | 133 |
6 | Crisis and rationality | 135 |
Rational Behaviour and Rational Choice: An Assessment | 138 | |
Pt. III | Rational Belief: Some Topics in Conflict Analysis | 143 |
8 | The Statistical Analysis of Warlike Phenomena | 145 |
1 | War as a suitable subject for statistical analysis | 145 |
2 | The quantity of violence | 148 |
3 | The analysis of statistical hypotheses | 152 |
4 | The frequency of wars | 158 |
9 | Arms and Arms Races | 164 |
1 | The significance of armaments | 164 |
2 | The Richardson theory of arms races | 166 |
3 | Some implications of the Richardson theory | 175 |
4 | Difficulties and extensions | 177 |
5 | Arms races and war | 179 |
6 | Alternatives and tests | 184 |
10 | Ecology and the Free-Rider | 187 |
1 | The ecological problem | 187 |
2 | The 'limits to growth' and global modelling | 189 |
3 | The social mechanisms of pollution | 193 |
4 | The free-rider | 199 |
5 | Conclusions | 204 |
11 | The Theory of Alliances | 208 |
1 | The problem of alliances | 208 |
2 | The balance of power | 211 |
3 | The statistical testing of the alliance theories | 215 |
4 | Alliances and war | 219 |
Pt. IV | Conclusion | 221 |
12 | The Critics | 223 |
1 | Introduction | 223 |
2 | The aping of the natural sciences | 225 |
3 | Some supposed sins of the social scientist | 227 |
4 | Contradictions and the coyness of critics | 231 |
13 | Social Science and Values | 235 |
1 | Social science and ethical neutrality | 235 |
2 | Policy, science and values | 237 |
3 | Conflict and violence | 239 |
4 | Some further problems of policy advice | 240 |
5 | Conclusion | 242 |
References | 243 | |
Index | 251 |
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