This raises Proposition 18.2 to the status of a primary. Here conflict is meant in two senses. Change produces conflict. The Conflict Helix to the status of a primary. Change in the interests, capabilities, or wills of those involved in a structure of expectations may create a gap between these expectations and the supporting balance of powers.
Conflict takes place in a situation.
The situational nature of behavior has been an important theme in this Vol. Individual perceptions and expectations condition conflict. Perceptions and expectations enter into conflict in a number of ways. Different kinds of sociocultural distances affect conflict in different ways. For one thing, the overall distances between actors play a role in their conflict.