The Political economy of military spending in the United States
edited by Alex Mintz.
Bok Engelsk 1992 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | London ; New York : : Routledge, , 1992.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (345 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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. - Appendix: The Political Economy of Defense Spending Data SetIndex. - 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. - 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.
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| ISBN | 0415075955
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