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First published in 1979. The report of the Labour Party Defence Study Group, which met from early 1975 to mid-1977, represents a unique attempt to portray defence policy in the context of disarmament and the need to restructure and control the institutions of defence ¿ in particular the defence industry.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements; Foreword
Olof Palme; Introduction
Mary Kaldor, Dan Smith and Steve Vines;
Part One: The Study Group Report; Foreword
Ron Hayward; Introduction
Ian Mikardo; 1. Why Cut Defence Spending? A Summary of the Arguments 2. Current Defence Effort and the Necessary Level of Cuts 3. Defence Expenditure and the Economy 4. The Strategic and Political Implications of Defence Cuts 5. Creating New Jobs 6. The Arms Trade;
Part Two: The Study Group Papers; 1. Observations on the Proposal to Align UK Defence Expenditure with the Average Percentage Spent on Defence by the FRG, Italy and France
Paul Cockle 2. Defence Programme Options to 1980-1 (and Postscript)
David Greenwood 3. Note on the Budget Approach and a Programme Which Retains in the UK Nuclear Strategic and Economic Implications
Alan Lee Williams 4. Strategic and Political Implications of Reduced Defence Programmes
Dan Smith 5. Military Expenditure and the Economy 6. Note on the Military Expenditure and National Product: UK and Certain Other Countries
Frank Blackaby 7. The Resource Cost of Military Expenditure
Ron Smith 8. Defence Costs and the Defence Industry
Mary Kaldor 9. The Employment and Other Economic Consequences of Reduced Defence Spending (and Postscript)
David Greenwood 10. Note on the Employment Consequences of a £1,000 Million Cut (at 1974 Prices) in Military Expenditure Over Five Years
Frank Blackaby 11. Military Expenditure Cuts: Note on the Transfer of Resources
Frank Blackaby 12. Aspects of Conversion of Arms Industries
Dan Smith 13. Alternative Employment for Naval Shipbuilding Workers: A Case Study of the Resources Devoted to the Production of the ASW Cruiser
Mary Kaldor and Albert Booth 14. Tornado: Cancellation, Conversion and Diversification in the Aerospace Industry
Dan Smith 15. Community Planning and Base Conversion
Dan Smith 16. The Lucas Aerospace Corporate Plan
Steve Vines 17. The Vickers Proposals: Building a Chieftain Tank and the Alternative Use of Resources
The Vickers National Combine Committee of Shop Stewards;
Part Three: The Ministerial Response; Study into Defence Spending ¿ Summary of Conclusions
John Gilbert, John Tomlinson and James Wellbeloved; Appendices; Notes on Contributors; Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Mary Henrietta Kaldor CBE is a British academic, currently Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, where she is also the Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit.
