This paper uses a quantitative analysis to investigate the decision-making process of the major arms suppliers, which also serves as a test of the traditional international relations paradigms. States cannot fight without arms, however, few states are capable of producing major weapons systems....

We seek to explain why countries have adopted national Old-Age Insurance and Health Insurance programs. Theoretical work has posited several factors that could lead to this adoption: the strain from expanding capitalism; the need for political legitimacy; the desire to transfer to similar people;...