'Levels of analysis' problems can involve issues regarding relative potency of different categories of explanatory factors. Advocates of 'democratic peace' rely increasingly on the assumption that leaders of states place the highest priority on staying in power. Direct dyadic level analyses can produce data that are more germane to the evaluation of hypotheses regarding the impact of differences between states.
'Levels of analysis' problems can involve issues regarding relative potency of different categories of explanatory factors. Advocates of 'democratic peace' rely increasingly on the assumption that leaders of states place the highest priority on staying in power. Direct dyadic level analyses can produce data that are more germane to the evaluation of hypotheses regarding the impact of differences between states.
'Levels of analysis' problems can involve issues regarding relative potency of different categories of explanatory factors. Advocates of 'democratic peace' rely increasingly on the assumption that leaders of states place the highest priority on staying in power. Direct dyadic level analyses can produce data that are more germane to the evaluation of hypotheses regarding the impact of differences between states.