Disarmament and Defence Industrial Adjustment in South Africa (Hardcover)

Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett analyze the response of the South African defence industry to drastic cuts in military expenditure and the demilitarization of society since the end of the Cold War and apartheid, and the stabilization of the regional security situation. The new ANC-led government is seeking to use the resources released - the "peace dividend" - to restructure and revitalize the country's industrial base and to support reconstruction, development and redistribution. A lively debate on the country's security needs and strategic doctrine is under way. As in other countries, strategies of industrial diversification and conversion have met with limited success. In the absence hitherto of any coherent government policy on defence industrial adjustment, significant skills and technologies have been lost or wasted. This book provides a historical analysis of South Africa's opportunity to develop new and innovative policies on defence and security matters, the arms industry and arms exports, and makes a valuable contribution to the international debate on the relationship between disarmament and development.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	SIPRI Monographs
Release date:	June 1998
First published:	August 1998
Authors:	Peter Batchelor (Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution) • Susan Willett (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Defence Studies)
Dimensions:	243 x 164 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-829413-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Armaments industries
LSN:	0-19-829413-1
Barcode:	9780198294139

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