The Security Problematic of the Third World

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ID6410397
AuthorsMohammed Ayoob (Madison Area Technical College, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume43
Issue2
Pages257-283
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2010473
OpenAlexW2077794420
LanguageEN
Citations received76
References cited23

This article reviews some recently published volumes on the subject of Third World security and, in the light of the analyses presented in these books, attempts to discuss a series of major issues in the field of Third World security studies. These include (1) the applicability of the concept of security as traditionally defined in the Western literature on international relations to Third World contexts; (2) the domestic variables affecting the security of Third World states; (3) the impact of international systemic factors on Third World security; (4) the effect of late-twentieth-century weapons technology on the security of Third World states; and (5) the relationship between the security and developmental concerns of Third World states. The author concludes that while international and technological factors have important effects on the security of Third World states, the major variables determining the degree of security enjoyed by such states at both the intrastate and interstate levels are related to the twin processes of state making and nation building that are at work simultaneously within Third World polities

Development economics · Economics · International relations · International security · National security · Political science · Politics · Security studies · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Third world · Computer Science · Global Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · World Systems and Global Transformations

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