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Self-Reliance and Political Development

Simulations of Inner Environments

Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland

Margee M. Ensign

University of Maryland

This article examines decision making in the development context from an information- processing perspective. Drawing on the work of Chenery and Black, three economic and four political strategies are identified. Using an artificial intelligence methodology-the common-sense algorithm-the decision rules for each political strategy and an economic strategy emphasizing self-reliance are modeled. Simulations were run on the strategies. Responses represent ways in which development strategies or images recognize problems and respond to specific actions. Results indicate that the most politically difficult strategy with an economic focus on self-reliance was one that represented an attempt to build and consolidate the leadership of the government. A strategy built on a common ideological creed was the least affected by the specific simulations.

International Political Science Review, Vol. 3, No. 4, 455-478 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/019251218200300406


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