| Description |
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index. |
| Summary |
Remember the global peace dividend - the budget surpluses that were supposed to result from the raising of the Iron Curtain and the end of the arms race? As war-torn societies in the Middle East, Latin America, and parts of Africa found peace and began building democratic societies, governments were supposed to use the money they once spent on the military to better meet basic human needs. But has it happened? |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Guns or Butter? Growth, Development and Security; 3. The 1996 Defence White Paper: An Agenda for State Demilitarisation?; 4. Reclaiming the Land: A Case Study of Riemvasmaak; 5. Weapons testing: Its impact on people and the Environment; 6. South Africas arms industry: Prospects for Conversion; 7. Light weapons proliferation: The link between security and development; 8. Still killing: Land-mines in Southern Africa; 9. Apartheids nuclear arsenal: Deviation from development. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Militarism -- South Africa.
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Militarism. |
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South Africa. |
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National security -- South Africa.
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National security. |
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Sustainable development -- South Africa.
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Sustainable development. |
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South Africa -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cock, Jacklyn.
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Mckenzie, Penny.
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International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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Group for Environmental Monitoring.
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| Added Title |
Redirecting military resources in South Africa |
| Other Form: |
Print version: From defence to development. Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 1998 0889368538 (OCoLC)38758145 |
| ISBN |
0889368538 |
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9780889368538 |
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1552501515 (pdffile) |
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9781552501511 (pdffile) |
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1417535989 (electronic book) |
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9781417535989 (electronic book) |
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