出刊年月/Date of Publishing

1996.03

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第26卷第1期 Vol. 26, No. 1

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
資本依賴，外債危機與軍事化的限制：世界體系理論的解釋與跨國的證據
Capital Dependence, Debt Crisis and Constraints on Militarism: The World System Perspective and Some Empirical Evidence

作者/Author
蔡明璋 Ming-Chang Tsai

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 1-34

摘要
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Abstract
This paper aims to explain cross-national variation of militarism in the Third World during 1970-1990. We define militarism as the military’s appropriation of societal resources and employ three indicators of military expenditure and arm forces as its measures. Whereas conventional explanations focus on the impact of economic development and international conflict on militarism, we stress the eco­nomic linkages of a country with the world economy as a crucial factor in explaining the current trend of decreasing militarism in the developing area. On the basis of cross-national research design, the analysis reveals that foreign direct investment tends to suppress military expenditure in the central government, while debt service produces similar effects particularly for the 1980s. We conclude that demilitarization in the 1980s appeared to serve as an adjustment mechanism in response to accumulation difficulties in the world economic system during the cur­ rent period of global depression.

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DOI
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學門分類/Subject
社會學 Sociology