The Political Economy Of Defense Contracting

Author : Kenneth R. Mayer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300045246
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Defense Contracting written by Kenneth R. Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people suspect that politics drives American defence spending. They feel that Congressional decisions about which weapons systems should be supported and Pentagon decisions about which companies should build them are made on political considerations of local economic impact, and that Congress looks to the defence budget as a huge pork barrel project. In this book Kenneth R. Mayer draws on previously unavailable data on recent defence subcontract distributions down to individual congressional districts to test the link between politics and defence contracting. He concludes that the accepted beliefs are oversimplified and mostly wrong.

Author : William J Weida
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000232646
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy Of National Defense written by William J Weida and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and wide-ranging study covers both the economic and the political aspects of defense spending—first by providing a theoretical framework and then by explaining, in a political economy context, the results of decisions to allocate scarce resources to defense. In doing so, the authors provide a comprehensive picture of the interaction between defense spending and the economic and political structure of the United States, complementing their exploration of topical concerns such as SDI with analysis of long-term trends and issues of timeless importance in the defense debate. Because of the politicizing of defense planning and procurement, there have been few significant applications of optimization techniques to high-level defense issues over the past decade. As a result, there has been a rapid decline in the importance of those techniques—historically the focus of books on defense economics. Like its predecessors, this book presents optimization techniques applicable to a wide variety of defense problems, but it also illustrates what happens in actual practice and why defense decisions are often not economically efficient. The authors discuss alternatives for cases when political constraints make efficient solutions unlikely and explore changes in the defense establishment and political structures that would make economically efficient resource allocations a reality.

Author : Morton H. Halperin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The political economy of the military-industrial complex written by Morton H. Halperin and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alex Mintz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134903324
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Military Spending in the United States written by Alex Mintz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars examine the links between domestic politics, defense spending and the economics of the US defense industry.

Author : Morton H. Halperin
Publisher : Berkeley : Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of the Military-industrial Complex written by Morton H. Halperin and published by Berkeley : Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California. This book was released on 1973 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Seymour Melman
Publisher : New York : McGraw-Hill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pentagon Capitalism written by Seymour Melman and published by New York : McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1970 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon Adams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138537521
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Defense Contracting written by Gordon Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first systematic study of the relationship between government and defense contractors, examining in detail the political impact of the eight most powerful defense contractors. It details ways in which Boeing, General Dynamics, Grumman, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Rockwell International, and United Technologies influence government, from their basic contract activity, corporate structure, and research efforts, to their Washington offices, Political Action Committee campaign contributions, hiring of government personnel, and membership on federal advisory committees.Adams concludes with specific recommendations for changes in disclosure requirements that would curb some of the political power corporations can wield. It also suggests specific ways in which the Iron Triangle can be made subject to wider congressional and public scrutiny.

Author : Ron Matthews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108424929
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Defence written by Ron Matthews and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary and comprehensive analysis of national and supranational defence governance in an uncertain and increasingly dangerous world. This book will appeal to policymakers, analysts, graduate students and academics interested in defence economics, political economy, public economics and public policy.

Author : Gordon Adams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000678695
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Defense Contracting written by Gordon Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first systematic study of the relationship between government and defense contractors, examining in detail the political impact of the eight most powerful defense contractors. It details ways in which Boeing, General Dynamics, Grumman, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Rockwell International, and United Technologies influence government, from their basic contract activity, corporate structure, and research efforts, to their Washington offices, Political Action Committee campaign contributions, hiring of government personnel, and membership on federal advisory committees. Adams concludes with specific recommendations for changes in disclosure requirements that would curb some of the political power corporations can wield. It also suggests specific ways in which the Iron Triangle can be made subject to wider congressional and public scrutiny.

Author : Robert Higgs
Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arms, Politics, and the Economy written by Robert Higgs and published by Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of revised papers originally presented at the Second Conference on Political Economy, held Oct. 22-23, 1987, at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. Includes bibliographical references and index.