Overview

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. There is analysis of military spending in Africa, Asia and Latin America and new forms of civil conflict are covered; nine case studies (Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Turkey, Guatemala and Chile) are also included.

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Author:   J. Brauer ,  P. Dunne
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.793kg
ISBN:  

9780333754405

ISBN 10:   0333754409
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   10 May 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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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JURGEN BRAUER is Professor of Economics at the College of Business Administration, Augusta State University. He is co-author (with Keith Hartley) of The Economics of Regional Security and has published in journals such as Economic Development and Cultural Change, Defence and Peace Economics, Journal of Economics Perspectives, Journals of Economic Education and Journal of Economic Surveys. J. PAUL DUNNE is Research Professor at Middlesex University Business School, London. He has edited a number of books including The Peace Divided and his articles have been published in several journals including, Defence and Peace Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Conflict Resolution and Journal of Peace Research. He is Associate Editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics.

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