America inc.? : innovation and enterprise in the national security state / Linda Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Linda (Linda M.), author.

Series:

Cornell studies in political economy.

Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military-industrial complex--United States.

Military-industrial complex.

National security--United States--21st century.

National security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than half a century, the United States has led the world in developing major technologies that drive the modern economy and underpin its prosperity. In America, Inc., Linda Weiss attributes the U.S. capacity for transformative innovation to the strength of its national security state, a complex of agencies, programs, and hybrid arrangements that has developed around the institution of permanent defense preparedness and the pursuit of technological supremacy. She examines how that complex emerged and how it has evolved in response to changing geopolitical threats and domestic political constraints, from the Cold War period to the post-9/11 era. Weiss focuses on state-funded venture capital funds, new forms of technology procurement by defense and security-related agencies, and innovation in robotics, nanotechnology, and renewable energy since the 1980's. Weiss argues that the national security state has been the crucible for breakthrough innovations, a catalyst for entrepreneurship and the formation of new firms, and a collaborative network coordinator for private-sector initiatives. Her book appraises persistent myths about the military-commercial relationship at the core of the National Security State. Weiss also discusses the implications for understanding U.S. capitalism, the American state, and the future of American primacy as financialized corporations curtail investment in manufacturing and innovation.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1. The National Security State and Technology Leadership

2. Rise of the National Security State as Technology Enterprise

3. Investing in New Ventures

4. Beyond Serendipity: Procuring Transformative Technology

5. Reorienting the Public-Private Partnership

6. No More Breakthroughs?

7. Hybridization and American Antistatism

8. Penetrating the Myths of the Military-Commercial Relationship

9. Hybrid State, Hybrid Capitalism, Great Power Turning Point

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801471124

0801471125

9780801479304

0801479304

9780801471131

0801471133

OCLC:

1080550356