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The Political economy of military spending in the United States
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- Summary
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This is a timely collection of essays utilizing the political economy approach to military spending, primarily by the United States.The articles deal specifically with the relationships between def...
This is a timely collection of essays utilizing the political economy approach to military spending, primarily by the United States.The articles deal specifically with the relationships between defense spending and:(a) political-business cycles, public opinion and the US-Soviet relationship;(b) military action - i.e. war;(c) economic performance - the trade deficit, guns versus butter issues and fiscal policy.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Alex Mintz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1134903316, 9786612778179, 1134903324, 128277817X, 0203221648, 0415075955
- OCLC
- ocn646717689
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on the contributors page; Introduction: Political Economy and National Security; Elections, Business Cycles, and the Timing of Defense Contract Awards in the United States; Do Leaders Make a Difference? Posture and Politics in the Defense Budget; Too Little, but Not For Too Long: Public Attitudes on Defense Spending; Risky Business: US Soviet Competition and Corporate Profits; On the Domestic Political-Economic Sources of American Military Spending; Military Buildup, War Escalation, and Business Confidence: Wall Street's Reaction to the Vietnam Conflict
- The Political Economy of Military Actions: The United States and Israel'Guns' vs 'Butter': A Disaggregated Analysis; Guns, Butter, and Debt: Balancing Spending Tradeoffs between Defense, Social Programs, and Budget Deficits; Defense Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Performance; Military Burden and Economic Hegemonic Decline: The Case of the United States; Issues in Defense Spending: Plausibility and Choice in Soviet Estimates; Expectations and the Dynamics of US Defense Budgets: A Critique of Organizational Reaction Models; Conclusions: If the Times Are A'changing
- Appendix: The Political Economy of Defense Spending Data SetIndex