Democratic Socialism and the Cost of Defence (eBook, PDF)

The Report and Papers of the Labour Party Defence Study Group
Redaktion: Kaldor, Mary; Vines, Steve; Smith, Dan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

The report presented the fullest study made by any British political party concerning the implications and consequences of its stated defence policy, and embodied an examination of defence from the perspective of approaches of disarmament. At the same time, the search for a new policy in international relations was harmonised with the further development of a new industrial strategy, concentrating upon the potential for converting part of military industry to civil work.

This work which presents a distinctive intervention in the general debate concerning defence policy, industrial and technological planning, economic priorities and public policy, will be of considerable relevance to both specialists in each of these fields as well as the general reader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429791765
• Artikelnr.: 54792078

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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