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Informationen zum Autor Nils Petter Gleditsch is Senior Research Fellow at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Professor of International Relations at the University of Trondheim and editor of the Journal of Peace Research . Adne Cappelen is Research Director at Statistics Norway. Olav Bjerkholt is Assistant Director General at Statistics Norway. For many years they have played key roles in developing and utilizing macro-economic models and input-output planningtools for policy analysis in Norway. Klappentext With the end of the Cold War, many nations have set about cutting their military spending, and visions of a large `peace dividend' have emerged. Yet, even today, the arms race remains one of the major projects of humankind, and one of the most unproductive. The Wages of Peace explores some of the consequences and opportunities stemming from the resulting peace dividend. This book charts a middle course between extravagant claims about the improvements in welfare, development or the environment which may be funded by the peace divided, and dire assessments of how militarized economies will collapse as a result of disarmament spiced with warnings that the savings have already been squandered. This book represents the most detailed study of the economic effects of conversion for any country. It breaks new ground in using planning models to examine the environmental effects of disarmament. Based on a decade of studies, this book examines the global, national and local effects of disarmament, focusing on Norway. The findings are cautiously optimistic. The most important peace dividend is peace itself, but economic gains may be expected. Zusammenfassung Charts a middle course between the extravagant claims about the improvements in welfare and development to be funded by the peace dividend! and the dire assessments of how militarized economies would collapse as a result of disarmament. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Burden of Arms The Economics of Military Spending The Norwegian Military Sector National Conversion Global Conversion Local Conversion Defense Without Threat? ...
