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Tested is Andre Gunder Frank's dependency theory regarding the world capitalist economy, in which the ties between the metropolis (developed countries) & the satellites (developing countries) are extremely detrimental to the latter, ie, metropolitan countries expropriate the surplus formed in the satellites, thus precluding the development & deforming the economies of Third World countries. Hypotheses comprising the crucial elements of the theory are examined based on World Bank & UN statistics for 109 countries. The theory's focus on external factors & economic ties is criticized, as well as its allegation of a negative relationship between dependence & development. It is argued that a more adequate theroy of imperialism & dependence requires at least some attention to both national & international power & dependency relations: the internal balance of power in developing countries must be analyzed in terms of the interests of competing groups in the economic, political, & social realms, while international relations should be studied in connection with these interests so as to understand their interactional effects. 8 Tables, 2 Figures, 1 Appendix, 31 References. Modified HA

In a discussion of self-interest-based behavior, it is contended that the changing face of the political economy is reflected in emerging concepts of egoism. In standard Marxist, elitist, or public choice models of political systems, the motivation for any political action is self-interest. It is argued that the idea of individual self-interest is evolving as economic imperialism (which first created the concept) declines & is replaced by the new institutionalism. Reviewed here are both formal definitions of self-interest that exclude external political factors, & material definitions that focus on free choices & personal preference in political action. The centrality of self-interest in economic imperialist discourse is also examined, & revised versions of the self-interest concept -- eg, mixed motivation, indirect egoism, contextually contained egoism, & embedded egoism -- are explored. Neither extreme of direct egoism or political irrationality can replace the self-interest concept. 195 References. J. Sadler