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Title From defense to development? : international perspectives on realizing the peace dividend / edited by Ann Markusen, Sean DiGiovanna and Michael C. Leary.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in defence economics ; v. 7
Studies in defence economics (Chur, Switzerland) ; v. 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Economic conversion.
Economic conversion.
Peace -- Economic aspects.
Peace -- Economic aspects.
Military readiness -- Costs.
Military readiness -- Costs.
Military readiness.
Economic development.
Economic development.
Economic conversion -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Peace -- Economic aspects -- Case studies.
Military readiness -- Costs -- Case studies.
Economic development -- Case studies.
Economic development -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Markusen, Ann R.
DiGiovanna, Sean.
Leary, Michael C., 1960-
Other Form: Print version: From defense to development?. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 041532291X (DLC) 2003045919 (OCoLC)51861949
ISBN 0203300661 (electronic book)
9780203300664 (electronic book)
041532291X (Cloth)