A preliminary empirical investigation into imperialist theory
| Autor: | Dahl, Jeff |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Text |
| Popis: | This study is a modest attempt, from a behavioural perspective, to sort out some of the conceptual difficulties in the imperialist literature. Several objections are raised pertaining to marxist determinism and a less deterministic model is opted for. The empirical implications of testing the whole model militate against it in a study of this size so that only two important propositions emanating from the model are tested; first that interactions in the international system are rank-dependent, and second, that they are feudally-structured. Support for these two hypotheses can be found in the behavioural literature, but the advantage of this study is that it offers an explanation - imperialism (with requisite qualifications) - for these interaction relationships. The results are far from conclusive; several problems regarding conceptual ambiguity remain. Future study rejecting the marxist mode of inquiry will have to concentrate on further specification of an alternative model. Arts, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Graduate |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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