Homo economicus goes to war: Methodological individualism, rational choice and the political economy of war

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1845-1864

  Cramer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development theory; Methodological individualism; Political economy; War

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WAR;

EID: 0036843193     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00120-1     Document Type: Article

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