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Titolo: | The Political economy of military spending in the United States / / edited by Alex Mintz |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina: | 355.033573 |
Soggetto topico: | Defense contracts - Economic aspects - United States |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Defenses Economic aspects |
United States Economic conditions 1945- | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | MintzAlex <1953-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Political economy of military spending in the United States |
ISBN: | 1-134-90331-6 |
9786612778179 | |
1-134-90332-4 | |
1-282-77817-X | |
0-203-22164-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451248103321 |
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