Circumscription Theory of the Origins of the State: A Cross-Cultural Re-analysis

Political centralization will be negatively associated with plunder as an aim of warfare

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman's rho	Not supported	p=0.740	-0.026	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Political Centralization	Independent variable	Territorial Hierarchy
Warfare for plunder	Dependent variable	Instigation Of War

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Zinkina, Julia	2016	Political centralization will be positively associated with the subjugation of territory or people as an aim of warfare (191)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Zinkina, Julia	2016	Political centralization will be positively associated with the subjugation of land - fields, hunting/fishing territories, or pastures - as an aim of warfare	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Otterbein, Keith F.	1970	"The higher the level of political centralization, the more likely that the tactical system will be based upon both lines and ambushes" (41)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Otterbein, Keith F.	1968	"If we control for level of political complexity, the magnitude of the relationship between the type of initiating party and the frequency of internal war in uncentralized political systems is increased . . ." (283)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Osafo-Kwaako, Philip	2013	Political centralization predicts increases in public goods and development outcomes.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author