The Politics and Economics of Defence Industries

The military industries represent a web of political, strategic and economic considerations. Their past development and future existence are of primary international importance. The contributors to this volume, hailing from various countries and experts in their fields, address a range of topics of primary importance in the academic discourse on the military industries. Combined, the chapters of the volume provide a comprehensive look at the state of the world-wide arms sector. The volume begins with a look at global issues, and then reduces its focus to individual countries, beginning in the West and then moving beyond. The United States, the world's leading arms-producing state, is analyzed, as are second-tier countries, in Europe, South America and Asia. International economic trends, political developments and strategic considerations are linked to provide a comprehensive and policy-relevant analysis of the subject matter at hand. Contents: Politics and Economics of Global DefenseIndustries in a Changing World Ian Anthony. The Economics of Defense Conversion Michael Intriligator. WEST. The Post-Cold War American Defense Industry: Options, Policies and Probable Outcomes Ann Markusen. Too Small to vanish, Too Large to Flourish: Dilemmas and Practices of Defense Industry Restructuring in West European Countries Michael Brzoska. Adapting to a Shrinking Market: The Israeli Case Aharon Kleiman. NON-WEST. Conversion and diversion: The Politics of China's Military Industry After Mao Yitzhak Shichor. The Military Industries of the Arab World in the 1990s Gil Feiler. The Rise and Fall of Arms Industries in Argentina and Brazil Etel Solingen.

Ian Anthony of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden is a leading expert on the global arms trade Michael Brzoska is Research Director at the Bonn International Centre for Conversion Gil Feiler is senior lecturer in political science at Bar-Ilan University and lecturer in economics at Tel Aviv University Keith Hartley is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Defence Economics at the University of York Efraim Inbar is Director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University Michael Intriligator is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is also a Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies Aharon Klieman is Nahum Goldmann Professor in Diplomacy at Tel Aviv University Ann Markusen is Director of the Project on Regional Industrial Economics at Rutgers University, where she is State of New Jersey Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development Yitzhak Shichor is Associate Professor of Political Science at Hebrew University Etel Solingen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine Benzion Zilberfarb is Director of the Center for Defense and Peace Economics at Bar-Ilan University