Seeking Security and Development : The Impact of Military Spending and Arms Transfers / ed. by Norman A. Graham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ayoob, Mohammed, Contributor.

Cheatham, Marcus, Contributor.

Crone, Donald, Contributor.

Graham, Norman A., Editor.

Graham, Norman A., Contributor.

Gupta, Amit, Contributor.

Hartman, John, Contributor.

Hsiao, Wey, Contributor.

Lewis, Peter M., Contributor.

Louscher, David J., Contributor.

Nutter, John Jacob, Contributor.

Phillips, Warren, Contributor.

Racioppi, Linda, Contributor.

Snider, Lewis W., Contributor.

Sperling, James, Contributor.

Zoninsein, Jonas, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The authors explore the causal links between military expenditures and economic development in the Third World.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

Part I. Concepts and Trends

2. Security in the Third World: Searching for the Core Variable

3. Unpacking Threat: A Conceptual and Formal Analysis

Part II. Arms Transfers and Military Spending

4. Arms Transfers and the Structure of International Power

5. Soviet and Russian Arms Transfers and Relations with the Third World: Legacy and Prospects

6. Building an Arsenal: The Indian Experience

7. Modeling the Expansion of Military Spending: A Case Study of Taiwan, 1953-1988

Part III. The Impact of Military Spending and Military Regimes on Development

8. Military Expenditures, Investment Funds, and Economic Growth

9. The Political Economy of Military Expenditures in Developing Countries: Establishing Some Empirical Norms

10. The Military and Development in Thailand and Indonesia: Patrimonialism Versus the Market

11. Military Regimes, Military Spending, and Development: A Comparison of Brazil, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the Republic of Korea

12. War, Military Spending, and Food Security in Africa

Part IV. Conclusion

13. The Quest for Security and Development

Bibliography

Index

About the Contributors

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-481-8

OCLC:

1374540118