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weak, denying them the possibility for inhibitation of violent forms of conflict resolu-
tion.
Conclusion
It seems obvious that the existing hypotheses, relating degree of political integration to
frequency of internal violent conflict resolution should not be rejected on the grounds
of the previous statistical tests, but can be regarded as not having been tested correctly.
Two points showed up to be central for new conceptualization:
First, at more precise measure of theoretical variables like political integration has
to be used.
Second, testing in cross-cultural comparison calls for a definition of units of analy-
sis adequate to the problem at hand.
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