Exploding the Myth?: The Peace Dividend, Regions and Market Adjustment

by Braddon; Derek

• ISBN13: 9789058230713
• ISBN10: 9058230716
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317836506
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Focuses on major aspects of the economics business and security consequences of post-Cold War defense expenditure reduction. Topics covered include regional impacts, industrial restructuring, technological and strategic trade issues, and limited policy response from governments.

Author Biography

Derek Braddon is the Director of the Research Unit in Defence Economics and Associate Director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
After the Cold War: Defence Cuts and the Peace Dividend	1	(48)
Defence Expenditure and the Economy	49	(38)
Defence Industry Restructuring and the Market	87	(58)
Barriers to Change: The Supply Matrix Dimension	145	(36)
Delaying the Dividend: The Conversion Conundrum	181	(32)
Technology and Trade Dimensions	213	(34)
Partnerships for Prosperity: Policy Options and the Peace Dividend	247	(28)
Salvaging the Peace Dividend: Action for Prosperity	275	(18)
Index	293