Is There a Long-Run Trend Toward Concentration in the International System?

B. M. Russett

Expert InsightsPublished 1967

An examination of trends in the distribution of nations by population size and of several possible mechanisms by which that distribution might change. Over recent decades large nations have not grown faster than smaller ones, and the actual change in the degree of concentration in the system has been very small. The size distribution for recent years is nearly lognormal and hence consistent with a random growth model implying no correlation between size and proportionate growth. 31 pp.

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