"divergent development" is a perfectly valid phrase in English.
It means "a situation in which things develop in different directions" and can be used in both formal and informal settings. For example, "The divergent development of electronic and print media has caused many changes in the publishing industry."
The theory of the firm in economics, of deviance in sociology, of communication in political science, of attitude formation in social psychology, of divergent development in cultural anthropology are all examples of theory in every proper sense of the word.
This migration system has created a "divergent development" worsened by the weakening of the rights of nurses (Ball 2004).
Clearly, the divergent development of citizenship policies in the Scandinavian countries demonstrates that a general process of liberalization is not taking place.
The highly divergent development of nationality law in the Scandinavian region suggests that no general convergence towards liberalization is taking place.
The highly divergent development of nationality law in the Scandinavian region questions the widespread idea that a general convergence towards liberalization of European nationality law is taking place.
The PSD draft envisions a system that maximizes the potential of innovation, differentiates between widely divergent development landscapes -- from Afghanistan to Ghana -- and holds partner governments and societies accountable for results.
According to this belief, dialects of Latin result from divergent developments, either through innovations in restricted areas or through the geographically restricted preservation of some features.
The rule is well suited to deal with divergent developments in different categories of assets, and of countries or regions under a common monetary regime.Amos RubinJerusalemSIR – There is not much mystery to the business cycle.
15 16 To investigate possibly divergent developments in treatment efficiency we reassessed the comparisons after stratification by year of diagnosis (1996-99, 2000-04, and 2005-09).
In highlighting political bargaining contexts and how these change over time, the paper illustrates the critical importance of historically informed city-level political economy analysis for understanding divergent urban development outcomes.
Still, by focussing our attention on sites and site conditions expressing divergent ecological development, we hypothesized factors putatively underlying the coincidental lack of under-storey heath and 'weedy' proliferation of black sheoak among 'older' rehabilitated sites, thereby providing a potential template for future analysis at finer investigative resolutions.
