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100	1		_aDeROUNEN, Karl _92863
245	1	0	_aModernization and the militray in Latin America
260			_c2001
520	3		_aIn the 1950s modernization began to be an important paradigm for Latin american development. Early modernization therory depicted the economies of Latin America as traditionaland underdeveloped. The theme of thecnological progress runs consistently through the modernization model. The purpose of this article is to assess en important question raised by Latin American development studies: that large allocations for the military sector are conducive to economic growth in Latin America. While this modernization literature is somewhat dated, many recent quatnitative studies have also show positive economic benefits from defense spdnding in the Third World. The added revelavance here is that our model captures technological progress. After controlling for technological progress and externalities, our analysis whos that military portion fo budgets en Labim America have actually hindered modernization. We discuss these findings in trms of regime type and levels of US military aid to the region
700	1		_aHEO, UK _917967
773	0	8	_tBritish Journal of Political Science _g31, 3, p. 475-496 _d, 2001 _w
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998			_a20021126 _bCassio _cCassio
998			_a20060626 _b1428^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c8784 _d8784
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