Real Security

Converting the Defense Economy and Building Peace

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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With the end of the Cold War and the extraordinary military competition that characterized it, the meaning of national security is being redefined. This book participates in that task by proposing a new, demilitarized foreign policy based on collective security, and an industrial policy capable of shifting the country's major resources from military purposes to the revitalization of the economy. This reduction in military production will also make possible the reversal of the environmental legacy of the Cold War, analyzed at length here.

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Utgivningsdatum1993-10-12
Mått157 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt599 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor308
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791416075

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ForewordBetty A. Reardon Introduction and OverviewKevin J. Cassidy Part One Real Security and Economic Conversion 1. Cooperative Security, Disarmament, and the Construction of International Peacekeeping InstitutionsGregory A. Bischak 2. Economic Development, Technology, and Defense Conversion: A National Policy PerspectiveJoel Yudken 3. Environmental Dimensions of Disarmament and ConversionMichael Renner 4. The Obstacles to Real Security: Military Corporatism and the Cold War StateGregory A. Bischak Part Two The Making of Conversion Policy 5. Economic Conversion: The Key to Building a Peace EconomyGregory A. Bischak and Joel Yudken 6. Capitol Hill and Conversion: A Summary of Recent Congressional ActionMaggie Bierwirth 7. Converting the Military Industrial Economy: The Experience of Six CommunitiesCatherine Hill, Sabina Deitrick, and Ann Markusen 8. Building a Peace Economy from the Bottom UpMichael Closson 9. Post-Soviet Conversion: Problems and ProspectsDavid W. McFadden 10. Conclusion: Real Security, Real DemocracyKevin J. Cassidy Appendix: President Clinton's 1993 Conversion Program Gregory A. Bischak Contributors Index

"The book makes a strong and consistent case for significant reductions in defense spending, and reviews what will have to happen to make it possible in the least disruptive way. The coverage is broad and informative, ranging from foreign policy to industrial policy and environmental concerns." — Tom Riddell, Smith College"This book details what cannot be left to the 'free market' and what must be dealt with by deliberate, explicit policy." — Seymour Melman, Columbia University