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UNINA9910790442003321 |
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Autore |
MacDonald Brian S |
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Military spending in developing countries [[electronic resource] ] : how much is too much? / / Brian S. MacDonald |
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[Ottawa, Ont.?], : Carleton University Press, 1997 |
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1-283-53057-0 |
9786613843029 |
0-7735-8309-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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HISTORY / Military / Canada |
Developing countries Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures |
Developing countries Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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The Conceptual Model: The Purpose of Military Forces -- Modelling Issues -- Northwest Africa -- West Africa -- Central Africa Case -- Southern Africa -- Eastern Africa -- The Middle East Case -- Determining the Extent of Military Overspending -- Appendix 1 - National Development Tasks: Canadian Defence Structure Review of 1975 -- Appendix 2 - United Nations Centre for Disarmament: Defence Expenditures Disaggregation Model -- Appendix 3 - African Debtors to the Former Soviet Union -- Appendix 4 - NATO Distribution of Defence Expenditures by Category: Average 1985-89 -- Appendix 5 - Distribution of Canadian Military Personnel by Military Occupation Codes (MOCs) 1994 -- Appendix 6 - Partial Correlation Analysis: Military Imports/Military Expenditures -- Appendix 7 - Social and Socioeconomic Militarization: Praetorian and Spartan Indices (1990-94 Means) -- Appendix 8 - Financial Militarization ME/GNP and ME/CGE -- Appendix 9 - Military Capabilities (1996-97). |
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The author, an eminent policy analyst, applies strategic balance of power models to African security issues for the first time, and formulates the "Praetorian Index" to gauge levels of military corruption, and the risk of social unrest and civil war. He compares the fine line |
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between sufficient and excessive military spending across ten countries and defines regional indicators of genuine security need or ambition. This controversial work will interest agencies and policy analysts involved with international development and official development assistance, and is essential reading for anyone interested in disarmament issues or international risk management. |
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UNINA9910778254003321 |
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Autore |
Kreitner Roy |
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Calculating promises [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of modern American contract doctrine / / Roy Kreitner |
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Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2007 |
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0-8047-6805-6 |
1-4356-0888-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 242 p. ) |
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Disciplina |
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Contracts - United States - History |
Promise (Law) - United States - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. I. Gifts and promises revisited. The revolution in consideration doctrine ; The gift from beyond the grave: case law ; Responding to revolution: moving gifts and consideration through the twentieth century ; Speculating on gifts and promises -- pt. II. Speculations of contract. Distinguished gambles: the struggle to separate speculation and insurance from gambling ; "Contracts" for "futures": Commercial speculation and the gambling stigma ; Wagering in lives: the life insurance speculators ; Acquistive individuality vs. communal efficiency: conflicting policies and the love-hate relationship with risk -- pt. III. The narratives of incomplete contracts. Framing incomplete contracts ; The use and abuse of historical narrative: debates over incomplete contracts ; Evaluating the frame of incompleteness discourse. |
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Presents the history of American contract law around the turn of the twentieth century. This book details shifts in our conception of contract by juxtaposing scholarly accounts of contract with case law, and shows how the cases exhibit conflicts for which scholarship offers just one of many possible answers. |
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