The evolving boundaries of defence : an assessment of recent shifts in defence activities / edited by Renaud Bellais.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bellais, Renaud.

Series:

Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; v. 23.

Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development, 1572-8323 ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defensive (Military science)--Economic aspects.

Defensive (Military science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume analyses several recent evolutions in global defence activities. Since the 1990s the industry has gradually repositioned because of geo-strategic transformations, spatial reorganisation, budgetary trends, and evolutions within the production of defence per se, which have disrupted its economic and social fabric. These changes widen the scope of industrial activities and modify the organization of relations between armed forces, firms and local economies as well as society. They deeply affect the footprints of defence in several dimensions and its impacts on local communities, public/private boundaries and evolving requirements of armed forces. The volume examines key features of recent and on-going transformations of defence issues from four perspectives. The first section considers those factors which are redefining the boundaries of defence, with a focus on defence economics; part two focuses on the spatial footprint of defence and its transformations and analyses the insertion of defence activities within urban landscapes; the third part analyses how armed forces manage their human resources; and the final section considers the international landscape of defence.

Contents:

What realms for defence economics? / Jacques Aben

Public-private partnerships and the transformation of defence investment / Renaud Bellais

The economic and spatial sides of defence support / Josselin Droff

For a general concept of economic and human security / Jacques Fontanel, Bénédicte Corvaisier-Drouart

Defence restructuring and local policies. The case of taranto, a military port on the Mediterranean Sea / Francesca Artioli

The local footprint of defence industry : the natural experience of Brest / Thierry Sauvin, Roland de Penanros

Looking at military landscapes : definition and approaches / Rachel Woodward

The impact of military service on future labor-market outcomes / Alfredo R. Paloyo

Regional representation in the U.S. military / Cindy Williams

Women and conflicts, the adaptation of UN 1325 resolution in the European Union / Steven Coissard, Liliane Perrin-Bensahel

Defence expenditures : theory and empirics / Carlos Seiglie, Scott Yi-Chun Lin and Tanu Kohli

Defence firms beyond national borders : internationalisation or multi-domestic approach? / Renaud Bellais and Susan Jackson

Defence offsets : regulation and impact on the integration of the European defence equipment market / Gueorgui Ivanakiev.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781783509652

1783509651

OCLC:

890314603