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Overview"With the end of the Cold War, many nations have set about cutting their military spending, and visions of a large ""peace dividend"" have emerged. Yet, even today, the arms race remains one of the major projects of humankind, and one of the most unproductive. This book charts a middle course between extravagant claims about the improvements in welfare, development and the environment to be funded by the peace dividend, and the dire assessments of how militarized economies would collapse as a result of disarmament, spiced with warnings that the peace dividend may have already been squandered. Based on a decade of studies, many carried out for the United Nations and its specialized agencies, this book breaks new ground in applying comprehensive models to examine the economic and environmental effects of disarmament at the global, national and local levels, with a primary focus on Norway. The authors also review the international literature on disarmament and conversion. Their findings are cautiously optimistic and of general relevance to all developed countries. The most important dividend of disarmament is peace itself, but some economic gains may also be achieved. This is a detailed examination of the economic effects of conversion for any country and should be of interest to those working in the fields of international economics, peace studies and international studies." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nils Petter Gleditsch , Adne Cappelen , Olav Bjerkholt , Olav Bjerkholt (Assistant Director General at Statistics Norway)Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780803977501ISBN 10: 0803977506 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 08 August 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsThe Burden of Arms The Economics of Military Spending The Norwegian Military Sector National Conversion Global Conversion Local Conversion Defense Without Threat?Reviews'Stimulating and useful. It is both broad in scope, reviewing much international literature... well discussed and reasoned. There are ample tables and figures... A good work, many readers will find [the book] thought-provoking and stimulating' - Mershon International Studies Review 'The authors have been studying the economic impact of military spending for many years, and this book is the culmination of their work. Although the main conclusion is unlikely to be a surprise, the contribution of the book comes at a number of other levels. Answering the substantive question, the effect of defence cuts on Norway, allows the authors to focus on the results of a large international literature, advocate a model-based methodology and provide an exemplar for similar studies in countries where the problem is more pressing... The authors consider a wide variety of possible consequences, including effects on the environment and global development. They finish with a discussion of Norwegian security decisions... This work is an excellent guide for other country studies on the effects of disarmament' - Journal of Peace Research 'Stimulating and useful. It is both broad in scope, reviewing much international literature... well discussed and reasoned. There are ample tables and figures... A good work, many readers will find [the book] thought-provoking and stimulating' - Mershon International Studies Review 'The authors have been studying the economic impact of military spending for many years, and this book is the culmination of their work. Although the main conclusion is unlikely to be a surprise, the contribution of the book comes at a number of other levels. Answering the substantive question, the effect of defence cuts on Norway, allows the authors to focus on the results of a large international literature, advocate a model-based methodology and provide an exemplar for similar studies in countries where the problem is more pressing... The authors consider a wide variety of possible consequences, including effects on the environment and global development. They finish with a discussion of Norwegian security decisions... This work is an excellent guide for other country studies on the effects of disarmament' - Journal of Peace Research 'Stimulating and useful. It is both broad in scope, reviewing much international literature... well discussed and reasoned. There are ample tables and figures... A good work, many readers will find [the book] thought-provoking and stimulating' - Mershon International Studies Review 'The authors have been studying the economic impact of military spending for many years, and this book is the culmination of their work. Although the main conclusion is unlikely to be a surprise, the contribution of the book comes at a number of other levels. Answering the substantive question, the effect of defence cuts on Norway, allows the authors to focus on the results of a large international literature, advocate a model-based methodology and provide an exemplar for similar studies in countries where the problem is more pressing... The authors consider a wide variety of possible consequences, including effects on the environment and global development. They finish with a discussion of Norwegian security decisions... This work is an excellent guide for other country studies on the effects of disarmament' - Journal of Peace Research Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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