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From defense to development? : international perspectives on realizing the peace dividend / edited by Ann Markusen, Sean DiGiovanna and Michael C. Leary
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Markusen, Ann R., DiGiovanna, Sean, and Leary, Michael C., 1960-
Access Online
- Series
- Contents
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; From defense to development?; Post-Cold War conversion: gains, losses, and hidden changes in the US economy; The Spanish defense industrial restructuring in the post-Cold War decade; The Polish defense industry: restructuring in the midst of economic transition; The dismantling of the Argentine defense industry; Diversification and niche market exporting: the restructuring of Israel's defense industry in the post-Cold War era; Defense downsizing in South Africa.
- Summary
- This book tracks the progress of 12 countries on five continents in moving resources from defense to civilian activity in the 1990s. Based on intensive research, it addresses each country with an impressive standard of scholarship.
- Subject(s)
- Economic conversion
- Peace—Economic aspects
- Military readiness—Costs
- Economic development
- Economic conversion—Case studies
- Peace—Economic aspects—Case studies
- Military readiness—Costs—Case studies
- Economic development—Case studies
- Conversion économique
- Paix—Aspect économique
- Armements—Coût
- Développement économique
- Conversion économique—Études de cas
- Paix—Aspect économique—Études de cas
- Armements—Coût—Études de cas
- Développement économique—Études de cas
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Public Policy—Economic Policy
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Government & Business
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Development Economic—Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Development Business—Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Structural Adjustment
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Development—General
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0203300661 (electronic bk.)
9780203300664 (electronic bk.)
9780415322911
041532291X
9786610024315
6610024316
9781134351442 (e-book ; PDF)
1134351445
9781134351398 (e-book ; Mobi)
1134351399
9781134351435 (e-book ; ePub)
1134351437
041532291X (Cloth) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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