IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/joupea/v28y1991i3p295-309.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Explaining Relative Peace: Major Power Order, 1816-1976

Author

Listed:
  • JEFFERY J. SCHAHCZENSKI

    (Department of Political Science, University of Florida)

Abstract

Defining peace as the absence of war has been of limited usefulness in understanding the systemic and dyadic conditions that lead to changes in the explicit use of interstate force in the international system. Building on the recent work of Wallensteen (1984) and Midlarsky (1988), this study offers an empirical analysis which explores whether the collective policies of state decision-makers matter in the maintenance of relative international peace over the period 1816 to 1976. The results of the analysis suggest that past efforts of major powers to establish limited international orders have mattered in the promotion of international peace. Further research into the dynamics of international dispute processes is needed if we are to advance our understanding of the conditions of peace and the causes of war.

Suggested Citation

  • Jeffery J. Schahczenski, 1991. "Explaining Relative Peace: Major Power Order, 1816-1976," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 28(3), pages 295-309, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:joupea:v:28:y:1991:i:3:p:295-309
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/28/3/295.abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    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:joupea:v:28:y:1991:i:3:p:295-309. 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.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using 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://www.prio.no/ .

    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.