Arms trade and economic development : theory, policy and cases in arms trade offsets / / [edited by] Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783728903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-32945-8; 1-134-32946-6; 1-280-23155-6; 9786610231553; 0-203-39230-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in defence and peace economics ; ; 8
• Altri autori (Persone): BrauerJurgen <1957->; DunnePaul
• Disciplina: 382/.456234
• Soggetti: Arms transfers; Defense industries; Economic development; Countertrade
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Do offsets mitigate or magnify the military burden?; 2 Using procurement offsets as an economic development strategy; 3 Mandatory defense offsets-conceptual foundations; 4 Economic aspects of arms trade offsets; 5 Arms trade as illiberal trade; 6 Defense offsets: policy versus pragmatism; 7 Comparing British and German offset strategies; 8 Offsets and the Joint Strike Fighter in the UK and the Netherlands; 9 Nordic offset policies: changes and challenges; 10 Evaluating defense offsets: the experience in Finland and Sweden11 Offsets in Belgium: between Scylla and Charybdis?; 12 The defense industry in Poland: an offsets-based revival?; 13 Offsets and the development of the Brazilian arms industry; 14 The Argentine defense industry: an evaluation; 15 The role of offsets in Indian defense procurement policy; 16 Offset policies and trends in Japan, South ; Korea, and Taiwan; 17 Offsets and defense industrialization in Indonesia and Singapore; 18 Defense offsets in Australia and New Zealand; 19 Defense industrial participation: The South African experience20 Defense offsets and regional development in South Africa; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Countries that spend scarce resources to import arms from abroad often require arms sellers to 'reinvest' part or all of the proceeds back into the arms-importing country. These so-called 'arms trade offsets' are therefore thought to enhance domestic economic development. But does this process actually succeed?This book examines the theory and policy applications of arms trade offsets and looks at more than a dozen case studies drawn from across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The chapters, based on original research and published here for the first time, are all written by leading