Disarmament and Defence Industrial Adjustment in South Africa

ISBN-13: 9780198294139 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 264 str.

Peter Batchelor; Susan Willett

Opis

Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett analyze the response of the South African defense industry to drastic cuts in military expenditure and the demilitarization of society brought about by the end of the Cold War, the collapse of Apartheid, and the stabilization of the regional security situation.

Recenzje

Excellent contacts with both the industry and the post-Apartheid government allowed a level of access to information which makes the book the definitive empirical study of the South African defence industry to date. The book, while largely descriptive and fact-oriented, provides interesting insights into the political economy of defence production. It is instructive for those studying the relationship between the state and private sectors in general, as well as t hose interested in the study of the effects of defence decline in other cases, including Russia and several countries in Western Europe. - Michael Brzoska. Bonn International Center for Conversion. 1998.