Global Militarization

ISBN-13: 9780367014834 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 256 str.

Peter Wallensteen

Opis

Repression, armed conflicts, interstate wars, the international arms trade, military regimes, and increasing worldwide military expenditures are all indications of one particularly significant development in world politics: global militarization. In this volume, an international group of scholars describe, explain, and evaluate the roots of this de

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Preface -- The State of the Art -- Military Formations and Social Formations: A Structural Analysis -- Global Militarization: Crucial Trends and Links -- Global Conflict Formations: Present Developments and Future Directions -- War and the Power of Warmakers in Western Europe and Elsewhere, 1600-1980 -- The Urban Type of Society and International War -- Local Experiences: Historical Dimensions -- Militarization in Thai Society -- Militarization and Political Institutions in Chile -- The Ghanaian Experiments with Military Rule -- The Search for Alternatives -- Defense Without Threat: Switzerland's Security Policy -- Conflict and Restraint: Poland, 1980-1982 -- Incompatibility, Militarization, and Conflict Resolution