From Defense to Development?: International Perspectives on Realizing the Peace Dividend

by DiGiovanna; Sean M.

• ISBN13: 9780415322911
• ISBN10: 041532291X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The 1990's saw worldwide military spending plummet almost 40%. The dividend that this relative peace created became available for projects to achieve clean water, agricultural productivity and education that were intended to promote greater human welfare. The early part of the twenty-first century however, has seen this downward pressure on defense budgets begin to turn around. This impressive book tracks the progress of twelve countries on five continents in moving resources from defense to civilian activity in the 1990's. Based on intensive field research, thanks to its truly international array of contributors, the book addresses each country with an impressive standard of scholarship. This accessible book is written in non-technical language and will be of great use and interest to academics involved with defense economics, defense studies and development studies. It will also prove popular with international development organizations, the defense industry and policy-makers around the world.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	viii
List of contributors	x
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
1 From defense to development?	1	(14)
ANN MARKUSEN AND SEAN DIGIOVANNA
2 Post-Cold War conversion: gains, losses, and hidden changes in the US economy	15	(28)
MICHAEL ODEN, LAURA WOLF-POWERS, AND ANN MARKUSEN
3 The Spanish defense industrial restructuring in the post-Cold War decade	43	(32)
ANTONIA CASELLAS
4 The Polish defense industry: restructuring in the midst of economic transition	75	(26)
MARLA K. NELSON
5 The dismantling of the Argentine defense industry	101	(20)
GRACIELA P. CAVICCHIA
6 Diversification and niche market exporting: the restructuring of Israel's defense industry in the post-Cold War era	121	(30)
DAVID A. LEWIS
7 Defense downsizing in South Africa	151	(28)
SOKAVA E. GOGA
8 Diversification of defense-based industries in India	179	(22)
SUDHA MAHESHWARI
9 Defense conversion in China: an economic review	201	(23)
SHAOLIN CHEN
10 The South Korean defense industry in the post-Cold War era	224	(30)
YONG-SOOK LEE AND ANN MARKUSEN
11 From defense to development: learning from comparative experience	254	(14)
SEAN DIGIOVANNA AND ANN MARKUSEN
Index	268