The Political economy of military spending in the United States / edited by Alex Mintz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mintz, Alex, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense contracts--Economic aspects--United States.

Defense contracts.

United States--Defenses--Economic aspects.

United States.

United States--Economic conditions--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

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

Appendix: The Political Economy of Defense Spending Data SetIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-90331-6

9786612778179

1-134-90332-4

1-282-77817-X

0-203-22164-8

9780203221648

OCLC:

646717689