Arming the South: The Economics of Military Expenditure, Arms Production and Arms Trade in Developing Countries

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Role of Demilitarization in Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in Africa....Pages 15-33
Warlords and Logo Warriors: The Political Economy of Postmodern Conflict....Pages 35-50
Military Expenditure and Development in Latin America....Pages 51-71
Military Expenditure and Economic Development in Asia During the 1990s....Pages 71-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
The Arms Industry in Developing Nations: History and Post-Cold War Assessment....Pages 101-127
Domestic Production as an Alternative to Importing Arms....Pages 129-159
Domestic Procurement, Subsidies, and the Arms Trade....Pages 161-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Saudi Arabia: Defense Offsets and Development....Pages 195-219
South Africa: An Econometric Analysis of Military Spending and Economic Growth....Pages 221-233
Ludwig Erhard in Africa: War Finance and Post-War Reconstruction in Germany and Mozambique....Pages 235-250
Angola: Civil War and the Manufacturing Industry, 1975–1999....Pages 251-274
Military Spending and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Supply-Side Analysis....Pages 275-289
Greece: Military Expenditure, Economic Growth, and the Opportunity Cost of Defense....Pages 291-317
A System Estimation of the Defense-Growth Relation in Turkey....Pages 319-335
The Military-Civilian Tradeoff in Guatemala: An Econometric Analysis....Pages 337-372
The Allocation of Resources to the Armed Forces in Chile: A Case of Limited Transparency....Pages 373-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Arms Sales and Development: The Role of the Peace Movement....Pages 405-416
Back Matter....Pages 417-426