Internal Warfare

Associated Documents (10)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Adams, David B.Why there are so few women warriors
Sosis, RichardScars for war: evaluating alternative signaling explanations for cross-cultural variance in ritu...
Otterbein, Keith F.Internal war: a cross-cultural study
Ember, Carol R.On the development of unilineal descent
Otterbein, Keith F.The evolution of war: a cross-cultural study
Winkelman, Michael JamesPolitical and demographic-ecological determinants of institutionalised human sacrifice
Grueter, Cyril C.On the emergence of large-scale human social integration and its antecedents in primates
Korotayev, Andrey V.Form of marriage, sexual division of labor, and postmarital residence in cross-cultural perspect...
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Minocher, RianaExplaining marriage patterns in a globally representative sample through socio-ecology and popul...

Associated Hypotheses (16)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Adams, David B.When warfare is internal and some community exogamy is present, women will not be warriors (200)
Sosis, RichardSocieties with internal warfare will be positively associated only with nonpermanent markers.
Otterbein, Keith F.". . . the lower the level of political complexity, the more likely the political communities within the cultural unit are to war with each other" (282)
Otterbein, Keith F.". . . societies in which anyone can initiate war are more likely to have internal war than societies in which an official initiates war" (283)
Otterbein, Keith F."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)
Otterbein, Keith F.". . . internal war will be found in uncentralized political systems characterized by fraternal interest groups; . . . the presence of fraternal interest groups in centralized political systems . . . should have no effect on the frequency of internal war . . ." (284)
Otterbein, Keith F.". . . internal war will be found in uncentralized political systems characterized by fraternal interest groups; . . . the presence of fraternal interest groups in centralized political systems . . . should have no effect on the frequency of internal war . . ." (284)
Otterbein, Keith F."If culturally similar political communities unite to engage in external war, then internal war will be infrequent" (285)
Ember, Carol R.". . . among unilineal societies with internal warfare, those with higher densities would be more likely to have lineages than those with low densities" (82)
Otterbein, Keith F."The higher the degree of military sophistication, the more likely that the political communities of a cultural unit will engage in frequent or continual internal war" (85)
Winkelman, Michael JamesThe prevalence of "legitimate" or institutionalized human sacrifice in a given society is associated with certain geopolitical conditions and demographic-ecological conditions (48).
Grueter, Cyril C.Internal warfare will decrease with increasing external warfare, intercommunity trade, and patrilocal residence (6).
Korotayev, Andrey V.Female contribution to subsistence, non-sororal polygyny, and internal warfare will be associated with post-marital residence (84).
Frederic L. PryorAgricultural economy type (Herding-Plus, Egalitarian, Individualistic, or Semi-Marketized) will be associated with the presence of certain political institutions. (116)
Minocher, RianaInternal warfare will predict the percent of married men who are polygynous.
Minocher, RianaInternal warfare will predict cultural rules constraining polygyny.

Associated OCMs

  1. ingroup antagonisms
  2. inter-community relations
  3. war
  4. instigation of war
  5. warfare