IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/jocore/v21y1977i1p75-103.html

International Conflict and the Problem of Attribution

Author

Listed:
  • Shawn W. Rosenberg

    (Nuffield College, Oxford)

  • Gary Wolfsfeld

    (Department of Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The authors develop a social psychological model, the attributional consistency model, in order to describe the attributions individuals make to explain the activity of groups. The model is then used to suggest how policy makers determine the causes of the action taken by nations in conflict. As an empirical test of the theory, observations on the Middle East conflict made by those who were associated in one of several ways with either Israel or the Arab nations were examined. An argument detailing the value of the model in studying the dynamics of international conflict is also presented.

Suggested Citation

  • Shawn W. Rosenberg & Gary Wolfsfeld, 1977. "International Conflict and the Problem of Attribution," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 21(1), pages 75-103, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:21:y:1977:i:1:p:75-103
    DOI: 10.1177/002200277702100105
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002200277702100105
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/002200277702100105?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. repec:cup:apsrev:v:66:y:1972:i:03:p:751-785_14 is not listed on IDEAS
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:21:y:1977:i:1:p:75-103. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://pss.la.psu.edu/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.