Abstract
This paper is an empirical attempt to test some theories which suggest that there are causal-functional relationships between the dependent vari ables peacemaking and peace stability on the one hand and certain inde pendent cariables, such as political complexity, warrior class, warfare ob jectives, cultural homology, and intersocietal ties, on the other hand. Significant relationships were found to exist for the last three independent variables, using a random sample from the HRAF.
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