Conversion of the Defense Industry in Russia and Eastern Europe
Author: Joseph Di Chiaro
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 96
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Author: Joseph Di Chiaro
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip Gummett
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9400917309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCountries establish defence industries for various reasons. Chief among these are usually a concern with national security, and a desire to be as independent as possible in the supply of the armaments which they believe they need. But defence industries are different from most other industries. Their customer is governments. Their product is intended to safeguard the most vital interests of the state. The effectiveness of these products (in the real, rather than the experimental sense) is not normally tested at the time of purchase. If, or when, it is tested, many other factors (such as the quality of political and military leadership) enter into the equation, so complicating judgments about the quality of the armaments, and about the reliability of the promises made by the manufacturers. All of these features make the defence sector an unusually political industrial sector. This has been true in both the command economies of the former Soviet Union and its satellites, and in the market or mixed economies of the west. In both cases, to speak only a little over-generally, the defence sector has been particularly privileged and particularly protected from the usual economic vicissitudes. In both cases, too, its centrality to the perceived vital interests of the state has given it an unusual degree of political access and support.
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 91
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Vlad E. Genin (general editor)
Publisher: Vega Press (CA)
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 936
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Published: 1994
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin P. O'Prey
Publisher: Twentieth Century Foundation
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 164
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Kevin P. O'Prey defines conversion in the broadest sense as reallocation of human, physical, and financial resources to civilian pursuits. The author makes clear that too often a more limited conception, such as transforming factories or production lines, leads to faulty policymaking and practical frustration.
Author: Thierry Malleret
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780813386058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an overview of the process of conversion from military to civilian production in the USSR since 1988. The author analyzes the economic and technological structure in which conversion operates, reviews the history of conversion and why it has not succeeded - taking into account the recent disintegration of the USSR - and suggests practical measures to be implemented in a genuine shift from military to civilian production.
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 0
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Publisher: Hoover Press
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Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780817993337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn evaluation of the efficacy of different forms of liberalization since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, in the form of 13 essays on economic and political reforms. Following an extensive introductory essay (Economic Reform: Appropriate Steps and Actual Policies), the remaining essays are organized in three parts: fundamental components of economic reform; specific problems in reform; and comparisons and evaluations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Valeriy Khroutshiy
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 58
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