Causes and consequences of Third World military burdens: a comparative study
This study statistically analyzes the causes and consequences of variance in military expenditures as a percentage of gross national product for 63 third world states from 1969-1978. The consequences that a country's immediate external environment (its security web), its political process, and its degree of incorporation into the world economy have upon its military burden are analyzed. The findings suggest that the most important factor affecting the percentage of resources allocated towards the defense is the degree to which a country's security web is militarized. In addition, more democratic countries spend less of their resources on arms even after controlling for the nature of their external environment. An analysis of security web militarization is also undertaken. The findings suggest that arms imports into a region as well as the degree to which countries in the area experience population and technological pressures positively affect that security web's militarization. Finally, the consequences of high military burdens on the development process are analyzed. Heavy military burdens positively affect the development of indigenous arms industries, while no statistical relationship is found between large military allocations and the Physical Quality of Life Index.
- Research Organization:
- State Univ. of New York, Binghamton (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6656225
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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