From the Guest Editor What We Do and Do Not Know: The Social Implications of Defense Bruce D. McDonald III The Social Impact of the Defense Sector: How Defense Sector Efforts Contribute to Education and Quality of Health in Disadvantaged Regions in Serbia Lachezar G. Anguelov and Robert J. Eger III Spillovers of Veterans Hospice Care: The Economic and Social Impact of Palliative Care Maximiliano Mendieta and Bruce D. McDonald III Welfare State vs. Warfare State: Toward a Comparative Political Economy of Militarism in Canada and the United States Paul Kellogg Income Inequality and Distributive Politics: Evidence from Pork Barrel and Social Spending Hamid E. Ali The Societal Determinants and Impact of Military-Spending Patterns Susan G. Sample, Brandon Valeriano, and Choong-Nam Kang Conflict Types and Child and Infant Mortality Rates: Evidence from Panel Data Hamid E. Ali and Ubah A. Adan Book Reviews In This Issue