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Arms Race Theory Craig Carlyle Etcheson

Arms Race Theory By Craig Carlyle Etcheson

Arms Race Theory by Craig Carlyle Etcheson


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Arms Race Theory: Strategy and Structure of Behavior by Craig Carlyle Etcheson

For most of the twentieth century, social scientists have attempted to understand the causes of military competition. From this struggle has evolved the Richardson Tradition of Arms Race Analysis, a distinct body of scientific literature that uses a variety of mathematical techniques and theoretical ideas to solve the puzzle of what drives military interaction among nations. Etcheson explores this intellectual journey and projects the paths along which the Richardson Tradition must go if it is to obtain its objective: understanding and control of potentially unnecessary organized social violence.

Arms Race Theory examines thoroughly the literature of the Richardson Tradition, from the writings of Lewis Fry Richardson through the most recent attempts of his students to resolve the fundamental questions about interaction in arms races. Etcheson documents the application of the procedures of positive physical science to social problems and identifies the reasons why Richardson and his students have been frustrated in their efforts. According to the author, students of the Richardson Tradition adhere to an atomistic and reductionist perspective that denies the relevance of human values and intentions. He focuses on the idea of strategy as a gateway to an understanding of the social causes of arms accumulation. Etcheson prepares the way for a new phase in the Richardson Tradition by identifying new theoretical foci and methodological techniques. His analysis, coupled with the most comprehensive bibliography of the literature of the Richardson Tradition currently available, is a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship in peace research and international relations theory.

About Craig Carlyle Etcheson

CRAIG ETCHESON a Visiting Scholar with the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, where he is researching transitional justice, state failure and reconciliation.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Strategy and the Structure of Behavior in Arms Races The Problem of Interaction in Arms Accumulation Theories of Interaction in Arms Accumulation Methods for Representing Interaction in Arms Accumulation A Computational Model of Arms Accumulation Strategies of Arms Accumulation Research Summary and Conclusions on Armaments Accumulation Appendix A: The RICHLIT DBMS Appendix B: Documentation on ARES System Appendix C: Documentation on ARES Code Selected Bibliography Index

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NPB9780313262548
9780313262548
0313262543
Arms Race Theory: Strategy and Structure of Behavior by Craig Carlyle Etcheson
New
Hardback
ABC-CLIO
19890712
253
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