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===Phase transitions in social systems===
{{see also|Complex system approach to peace and armed conflict#Phase transitions}}

Phase transitions have been hypothesised to occur in social systems viewed as dynamical systems. A hypothesis proposed in the 1990s and 2000s in the context of [[complex system approach to peace and armed conflict#Phase transitions|peace and armed conflict]] is that when a conflict that is non-violent shifts to a phase of armed conflict, this is a phase transition from latent to manifest phases within the dynamical system.<ref name="Hendricks2009_complexity_theory">{{cite Q|Q126669745|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|49}}