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Tests the effects of war as an agent of social change by examining its impact on state building on a cross-sectional sample of 44 interstate and 19 civil wars from 1815-1954. Treats both war and state building as multidimensional phenomena that interact in a world of socioeconomic and institutional complexity rather than strict empirical isolation. (Abstract amended)

Uses POLITY II, a new dataset on the authority traits of 155 countries, to assess some general historical arguments about the dynamics of political change in Europe and Latin America from 1800 to 1986. Relying mainly on graphs, focuses first on the shifting balance between democratic and autocratic patterns in each world region and identifies some of the internal and international circumstances underlying the trends. (Abstract amended)