03574nam 2200649Ia 450 991080859570332120200520144314.01-134-90331-697866127781791-134-90332-41-282-77817-X0-203-22164-810.4324/9780203221648 (CKB)1000000000255130(EBL)179863(OCoLC)646717689(SSID)ssj0000364469(PQKBManifestationID)11257364(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364469(PQKBWorkID)10399064(PQKB)11778162(MiAaPQ)EBC179863(Au-PeEL)EBL179863(CaPaEBR)ebr10060577(CaONFJC)MIL277817(PPN)198453809(EXLCZ)99100000000025513019920311d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Political economy of military spending in the United States /edited by Alex Mintz1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19921 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-07595-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ConflictThe 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'changingAppendix: The Political Economy of Defense Spending Data SetIndexThis 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.Defense contractsEconomic aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesDefensesEconomic aspectsUnited StatesEconomic conditions1945-Defense contractsEconomic aspects355.033573Mintz Alex1953-126358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808595703321The Political economy of military spending in the United States4063094UNINA