Synopses & Reviews
William Mott examines the relationships between economic growth and international conflict in history and theory, developing and analyzing a set of observed empirical modern growth-conflict relationships over long periods, and presenting an explanation of the observations. After introducing the growth-conflict relationship as the unit of analysis, he identifies historical perceptions of the growth-conflict relationship from ancient times through the modern era. Mott offers an alternative theoretical construct for further investigation, and speculates about the impact of these results on orthodox political-economic theory. The results of this work carry powerful implications for national management of foreign direct investment and trade in both home countries and host nations.
Review
The author provides extensive and informative reviews of the extant historical and theoretical approaches to analyzing economic growth and conflict. He then offers a new (empirical) approach to find the relation between growth and trade for each of the 30 countries in his sample. Readers interested in careful statistical analysis of large samples will enjoy this....The overall analysis is very useful. It convincingly makes the case that economic growth and conflict are related in a reasonably complex way. Mott's book is a very fine example of careful empirical work. It will be useful to those working in everything from economic history to policy formation. It should be particularly useful to those interested in economic development.Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
Synopsis
Examines the relationships between economic growth and international conflict in history and theory.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and indexes.
About the Author
WILLIAM H. MOTT IV has explored and exposed the complex interactions between economic growth, multinational enterprise, and international conflict during his 25 years of interdisciplinary research, experience, and analysis. As a senior U.S. Army officer he served as Chief of the U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation in London. He has lectured at the Royal Military College of Science, taught at Gonzaga University and Salem State College, and is a frequent contributor to American, European, and Asian professional journals.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Historical Perspectives
Theoretical Approaches
An Empirical Approach
A Quandary and a Conjecture
What It All Means
Appendix A: On Economic Stagnation
Appendix B: On the Three Traditions
Appendix C: On Long Waves
Appendix D: On Foreign Investment
Appendix E: On Division of Labor
Appendix F: On Alternative Economics
Appendix G: On Protoindustrialization
Appendix H: On Confidence Levels
Appendix I: On Growth Processes
Appendix J: On Static Models
Appendix K: On Defense of Realism
Appendix L: On Growth Strategies
Appendix M: On Dualism and Growth
Appendix N: On Lawlike Regularities
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index