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

by Kirk S. Bowman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271023929
• ISBN13: 9780271023922
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"