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The study of warfare is one of the oldest and most important dynamics of interest for students of politics. This area of research is predominantly - but not exclusively - undertaken within the sub-field of international relations (IR). IR theorists argue that war is the contingent outcome of the interaction among variables operating at three "levels of analysis": the international level, the domestic level, and the individual level. The international level explores variables that operate exclusively "above" states such as anarchy and the distribution of power. The domestic level explores variables that operate exclusively within states, such as regime type and bureaucratic design. The individual level explores the ways in which individual psychology (i.e. beliefs, culture, personality) contributes to the outbreak of war. We also offer a discussion of new puzzles and challenges in the study of warfare, such as the decline of war hypothesis and the growing prevalence of civil war, insurgency and non-state violence.

The faith-based programs emphasized 'soft' enabling areas of job preparation such as 'attitudes, career aspirations, interviewing skills, personal dress and grooming, workplace expectations, and emotional and physical support' (p. 55).

If China's rural families are to participate fully in the future economic growth there must be a large reduction in the number of farm workers. In order to accommodate the reduction needed over the next three decades, there will need to be 12-15 million new non-farm jobs created every year. Township and village enterprises have provided roughly 100 million new jobs since 1985, but in recent years there has been little increase in such jobs. One problem is that these enterprises are very small-industrial enterprises average about 11 workers. As the Chinese economy becomes more competitive, such small enterprises have had increasing difficulty in maintaining employment, let alone providing millions of new jobs each year. Where can the new jobs be provided? Due to continuing restrictions on migration, it is unlikely that many will become available in cities. An alternative is proposed, namely to promote the development of enterprises in one or two towns or small cities in each county. The worker could then continue to live in the villages and commute to their jobs on a daily basis. The advantage of this alternative is that it requires far less capital than if the same number of workers migrated with their families to cities.