HEGEMON STABLITY

BY: DIPAK KUMAR SAH

PUNE UNIVERSITY
In 1990, there was shift in the research
previously focused on:

• Economic growth • In order to analysis • Its development over the

• Identification of the time and factors
determinants of determining the
economic growth distribution of income
• Convergence of per and poverty reductions.
capita income across the
countries

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Two empirical regularities identified in
Distribution of income:

Points:
•Tendency for income per capita to
converge.
•An increase in inequality in
distribution of personal income
within the countries.
 Approaches for the distribution of
income:
• Use of household income or expenditure.
• Use of GDP per capita or mean income.
• Apply actual income distribution of
Representative countries
• Aggregate GDP data
 Hegemonic stability theory

This theory indicates the

Is the theory of
international system is
international relations
more likely to remain stable
rooted in research from the
when a single nation-state
field of political science,
dominant world power or
economics and history
hegemon.
 To be hegemon:

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The capability to
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enforce rule of the The willing to do
system. so. A commitment to a
system which is
perceived to be
mutually beneficial
to major states.