The Economics of Defence Spending: An International Survey

ISBN-13: 9780415615457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 306 str.

Keith Hartley;Todd Sandler

Opis

First published in 1990, this is an authoritative account of defence spending and policy in both developing and developed countries. The book provides case-studies and comparitive materiel for policy-makers, civil servants, and military staffs throughout hte world. It will also be of great use to students of economics, politics, international relations, and policy studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. United States defence expenditures: trends and analysis  3. The political economy of military effort in the Warsaw Treaty Organization  4. Defence spending in the United Kingdom  5. Defence spending in France: the price of independence  6. West German demand for defence spending  7. Sweedish military expenditures and armed neutrality  8. Defence spending in Israel  9. Military security and the economy: defence expenditure in India and Pakistan  10. Military expenditures in Argentina, Chile and Peru  11. Japan's defence spending