The Economics of Defence, Disarmament and Peace
An Annotated Bibliography of English Language Sources since 1960
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-1-85278-051-7 (ISBN)
Description
This major reference work is a comprehensive critical guide to the large and growing literature on the economics of defence, disarmament and peace. It covers the cost of defence spending and its effects on growth, investment, unemployment, technical change and other aspects of a nation's economic performance. It includes material on the determinants of defence spending namely defence budgets, programme budgeting and procurement policy. It also deals with the economic impact of arms limitation, disarmament and the conversion from military production to products with peaceful uses.
Reviews / Votes
'. . . the Hartley-Hooper contribution clearly provides teachers, researchers and students with an invaluable and durable guide to an important literature.'More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85278-051-7 (9781852780517)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Keith Hartley, Emeritus Professor, Economics Department, University of York, UK and Nick Hooper, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Defence Economics, University of York, UK