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The question of what causes war has concerned statesmen since the time of Thucydides. The Steps to War utilizes new data on militarized interstate disputes from 1816 to 2001 to identify the factors that increase the probability that a crisis will escalate to war. In this book, Paul Senese and John Vasquez test one of the major behavioral explanations of war--the steps to war--by identifying the various factors that put two states at risk for war. Focusing on the era of classic international politics from 1816 to 1945, the Cold War, and the post-Cold War period, they look at the roles of territorial disputes, alliances, rivalry, and arms races and show how the likelihood of war increases significantly as these risk factors are combined. Senese and Vasquez argue that war is more likely in the presence of these factors because they increase threat perception and put both sides into a security dilemma. The Steps to War calls into question certain prevailing realist beliefs, like peace through strength, demonstrating how threatening to use force and engaging in power politics is more likely to lead to war than to peace.

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Polemology --- East Africa --- Conflict management --- Firearms and crime --- Gun control --- Rural crimes --- Social conflict --- Gewapende conflicten. --- Wapenbezit --- Wapenbezit. --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- Crimes, Rural --- Crime --- Control of guns --- Firearms control --- Handgun control --- Firearms --- Crime and firearms --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Management --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Crisis management --- Government policy

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Conflict management --- Organizational behavior --- Negotiation in business --- Gestion des conflits --- Comportement organisationnel --- Négociations (Affaires) --- Conflict management. --- Negotiation in business. --- Organizational behavior. --- Behavior in organizations --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Business --- Management --- Organization --- Psychology, Industrial --- Social psychology --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Social conflict --- Crisis management

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Social conflict. --- Conflict management. --- Conflict (Psychology) --- Conflits sociaux --- Gestion des conflits --- Conflit (Psychologie) --- Conflict management --- Social conflict --- 850 Vrede- en conflictstudies --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- Intrapsychic conflict --- Adjustment (Psychology) --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Management --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Crisis management

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Considerable challenges remain in functional assignment in Indonesia - some introduced by the recent revisions, during the second round of reform in the period 2004-2007. The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has accepted the offer from donors to undertake a study to delve more deeply into the progress made to date, the challenges that remain, and the opportunities to fashion a more robust, effective and stable assignment of functions. The study aims to help the GoI and donors in exploring new avenues for reform in this field. The term functional assignment in the study denotes a broad concept that captures the overall architecture of roles between levels of government and the specific construction of functions. The robustness of functional assignment is seen to derive from the judicious choice of elements suited to the local context, particularly how these elements come together to form a sound and consistent architecture. In assessing functional assignment, the study made use of academic and other stakeholder views on both substantive issues and the capacity development approach needed to develop a policy network in this field in the future. The possible supporting role of donors is also indicated, within the discussion of each issue in the main part of the report, and in condensed form at the end of this summary.

Accountability --- Capacity Building --- Conflict Resolution --- Corruption & anticorruption Law --- Decentralization --- Developing Countries --- Expenditures --- Governance --- Intergovernmental Relations --- Law and Development --- Law Enforcement --- Legal Framework --- Legal System --- Local Government --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Mass Media --- Parliamentary Government --- Policy Making --- Public Sector Development --- Public Sector Management and Reform --- Technical Assistance --- Transparency --- Villages