Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11975
UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND THE GAP THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
In: American political science review, Band 69, Heft 3, S. 827-839
ISSN: 0003-0554
THE ESSAY CHALLENGES THE "GAP" THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED STATES. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT IMAGES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT GENERATED BY ECONOMISTS USING AGGREGATE DATA ARE IN MANY CASES DISTORTED OR INCORRECT. UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND ITS PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED, AS ARE NEW SOLUTIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT.