Militarization, Democracy, and Development: The Perils of Praetorianism in Latin America - Softcover

Bowman, Kirk S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0271023929 ISBN 13: 9780271023922

Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Do Third World countries benefit from having large militaries, or does this impede their development? Kirk Bowman uses statistical analysis to demonstrate that militarization has had a particularly malignant impact in this region. For his quantitative comparison he draws on longitudinal data for a sample of 76 developing countries and for 18 Latin American nations.To illuminate the causal mechanisms at work, Bowman offers a detailed comparison of Costa Rica and Honduras between 1948 and 1998. The case studies not only serve to bolster his general argument about the harmful effects of militarization but also provide many new insights into the processes of democratic consolidation and economic transformation in these two Central American countries.

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Kirk S. Bowman is Assistant Professor at The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology.

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• Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0271023929
• ISBN 13: 9780271023922
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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