Abstract

Rummel (1983) asserts a strong relationship between nonfreedom and international conflict, using a data set he has constructed and scaled. The present article explores the relationship of nonfreedom to conflict when the Azar data set is substituted for the Rummel data set. The results indicate virtually no relationship between nonfreedom and conflict in the Azar set and suggets there may be methodological problems in Rummel's analysis.

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