Towards a Peace Economy in the United States: Essays on Military Industry, Disarmament and Economic Conversion

✍ Scribed by Gregory A. Bischak (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Leaves: 265
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Military Spending and Government High-Technology Policy: A Comparative Analysis of the US, West Germany, Japan and Great Britain....Pages 3-28
Defense Spending as Industrial Policy: The Impact of Military R&D on the US Software Industry....Pages 29-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
National Security, Noncontributive Activity and Macroeconomic Analysis: Theoretical, Empirical and Methodological Issues....Pages 57-77
Manufacturing Productivity and Military Depletion in the Postwar Industrial Economy....Pages 78-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Political Economy of an Alternative Security and Disarmament Policy for the United States....Pages 121-159
Towards a New National Needs Agenda for Science and Technology Policy: The Prospects for Democratic Science and Technology Policymaking....Pages 160-201
Constituencies and New Markets for Economic Conversion: Reconstructing the United States’ Physical, Environmental and Social Infrastructure....Pages 202-241
Back Matter....Pages 242-248

✦ Subjects

Military and Defence Studies; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics; International Relations; Industries

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