The European rupture. The defence sector in transition

The European rupture. The defence sector in transition:
'The European rupture' focuses on the consequences of the end of the Cold War for defence sectors in Europe. It offers a the oretical framework supported by country case studies from both Western Europe and formerly centrally planned economies (including UK, France, Germany, the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Russia).

The discussion in the first part of the book analyses the connection between security and the Cold War economy, arguing that the defence sector profoundly shaped technological development and industrial and social policy in both East and West. It considers some of the issues that have to be confronted in the transition periods, focusing on the new challenges to our perceptions of security, changes in technology and problems of defence conversion. The final part considers the need for new institutional arrangements and how these have to be constructed in order to re-establish a system of international security and economic regulation. It proposes that there should be a shift away from national or bloc security policies towards a more internationalist security policy, and appropriate measures of economic adjustment, especially defence conversion.

Kaldor, Mary/ Schméder, Geneviève (eds)
The European rupture. The defence sector in transition
Edward Elgar, 1997
ISBN: 1-85898-544-7
Price: £49.95