Elliot Murphy

Arms in Academia (eBook, PDF)

The Political Economy of the Modern UK Defence Industry

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies how the arms trade has continued to receive generous state subsidies, along with less direct forms of financial and intellectual support from academia in the UK. It examines the ways in which arms dealing has contributed to the violation of human rights in regions of intense conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000169317
• Artikelnr.: 59775807

Autorenporträt

Elliot Murphy is a neuroscientist, linguist and author, currently based in Houston, Texas. His recent publications include Unmaking Merlin: Anarchist Tendencies in English Literature (2014). As an activist and literary critic, his works have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, the London Review of Books and openDemocracy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I:The Business of the Arms Trade 2. Africa: Fuelling
Division, Reaping the Benefits 3. The Gulf: A Gun to the Head of Austerity
Britain 4. The Middle East and South East Asia Part II: The Economics of
the Arms Trade 5. Subsidies and Licenses: Special Market Logic 6. Gower
Street Gunrunners: Academic Support for the Arms Trade 7. Conclusion: The
Future of the Arms Trade