After marked reductions in military spending in the 1990s military budgets around the world are on the increase. In this book, renowned authorities re-examine the economics of military expenditure, arms production and arms trade in developing nations. It includes analysis of military spending in Africa, Asia and Latin America and new forms of civil conflict as well as nine case studies (Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Subsaharan Africa, Greece, Turkey, Guatemala and Chile). The book will serve as a valuable contribution to the fields of both development economics and security studies.…mehr
After marked reductions in military spending in the 1990s military budgets around the world are on the increase. In this book, renowned authorities re-examine the economics of military expenditure, arms production and arms trade in developing nations. It includes analysis of military spending in Africa, Asia and Latin America and new forms of civil conflict as well as nine case studies (Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Subsaharan Africa, Greece, Turkey, Guatemala and Chile). The book will serve as a valuable contribution to the fields of both development economics and security studies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
EMMANUEL ATHANASSIOU Research Fellow, Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece ALVIN BIRDI Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Middlesex University Business School TILMAN BRÜCK Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) NEIL COOPER Lecturer in Political and International Relations, University of Plymouth LLOYD J. DUMAS Professor of Political Economy and Economics, University of Texas, Dallas MANUEL ENNES FERREIRA Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Technical University, Lisbon MARIA DEL CARMEN GARCIA-ALONSO Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury GEOFF HARRIS Professor of Economics, University of Natal TONY KEMPSTER Executive Committee of Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Secretary, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship and Director of the Peace Museum, Bradford LAWRENCE R. KLEIN Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Pennsylvania CHRISTOS KOLLIAS Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Business Administration, Technological Education Institute, Larissa, Greece PAUL LEVINE Professor of Economics, University of Surrey, Guildford KANTA MARWAH Professor of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa RON MATTHEWS Economist, Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University FOTIS MOUZAKIS European Researcher, DTZ Research EFI NIKOLAIDOU Lecturer in Economics, Middlesex University Business School, London OYINLOLA OLANIYI Senior Lecturer, Head of EconomicsDepartment, University of Abuja, Nigeria GUILLERMO PATTILLO Associate Professor of Economics, University of Santiago THOMAS SCHEETZ Professor of Economics, Lincoln University College SELAMI SEZGIN Professor, Public Finance Department, Pamukhale University, Denizli, Turkey JÜLIDE YILDIRIM Lecturer, Department of Economics, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey STAVROS ZOGRAFAKIS Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Athens, and Advisor to the Greek Minister of Labour
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List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction: J.Brauer & J.P.Dunne PART I: MILITARY EXPENDITURE: OVERVIEWS The Role of Demilitarization in Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in Africa; L.J.Dumas Warlords and Logo Warriors: The Political Economy of Postmodern Conflict; N.Cooper Military Expenditure and Development in Latin America; T.Scheetz Military Expenditure and Economic Development in Asia During the 1990s; G.Harris PART II: ARMS PRODUCTION AND ARMS TRADE The Arms Industry in Developing Nations: History and Post-Cold War Assessment; J.Brauer Domestic Production as an Alternative to Importing Arms; F.Mouzakis Domestic Procurement, Subsidies, and the Arms Trade; M.Garcia-Alonso & P.Levine PART III: COUNTRY STUDIES Saudi Arabia: Defence Offsets and Development; R.Matthews South Africa: An Econometric Analysis of Military Spending and Economic Growth; A.Birdi & J.Paul Dunne Ludwig Erhard in Africa: War Finance and Post-War Reconstruction in Germany and Mozambique; T.Brück Angola: Civil War and the Manufacturing Industry, 1975-1999; M.E.Ferreira Military Spending and Economic Development in Subsaharan Africa: A Supply-Side Analysis; O.Olaniyi Greece: Military Expenditure, Economic Growth, and the Opportunity Cost of Defence; E.Athanassiou, C.Kollias, E.Nikolaidou & S.Zografakis A System Estimation of the Defence-Growth Relation in Turkey; J.Yildirim & S.Sezgin The Military-Civilian Tradeoff in Guatamala: An Econometric Analysis; K.Marwah, L.R.Klein & T.Scheetz The Allocation of Resources to the Armed Forces in Chile: A Case of Limited Transparency; G.Pattillo PART IV: THE PEACE MOVEMENT Arms Sales and Development: The Role of the Peace Movement; T.Kempster Index
List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction: J.Brauer & J.P.Dunne PART I: MILITARY EXPENDITURE: OVERVIEWS The Role of Demilitarization in Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in Africa; L.J.Dumas Warlords and Logo Warriors: The Political Economy of Postmodern Conflict; N.Cooper Military Expenditure and Development in Latin America; T.Scheetz Military Expenditure and Economic Development in Asia During the 1990s; G.Harris PART II: ARMS PRODUCTION AND ARMS TRADE The Arms Industry in Developing Nations: History and Post-Cold War Assessment; J.Brauer Domestic Production as an Alternative to Importing Arms; F.Mouzakis Domestic Procurement, Subsidies, and the Arms Trade; M.Garcia-Alonso & P.Levine PART III: COUNTRY STUDIES Saudi Arabia: Defence Offsets and Development; R.Matthews South Africa: An Econometric Analysis of Military Spending and Economic Growth; A.Birdi & J.Paul Dunne Ludwig Erhard in Africa: War Finance and Post-War Reconstruction in Germany and Mozambique; T.Brück Angola: Civil War and the Manufacturing Industry, 1975-1999; M.E.Ferreira Military Spending and Economic Development in Subsaharan Africa: A Supply-Side Analysis; O.Olaniyi Greece: Military Expenditure, Economic Growth, and the Opportunity Cost of Defence; E.Athanassiou, C.Kollias, E.Nikolaidou & S.Zografakis A System Estimation of the Defence-Growth Relation in Turkey; J.Yildirim & S.Sezgin The Military-Civilian Tradeoff in Guatamala: An Econometric Analysis; K.Marwah, L.R.Klein & T.Scheetz The Allocation of Resources to the Armed Forces in Chile: A Case of Limited Transparency; G.Pattillo PART IV: THE PEACE MOVEMENT Arms Sales and Development: The Role of the Peace Movement; T.Kempster Index
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