Author: John E. Lynch Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429712790 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 250
Book Description
Defense plant cutbacks and military base closures have affected hundreds of U.S. communities during the past twenty-five years. Tracing the recovery of four communities after large defense plant cutbacks and of one hundred communities after military base closures, the contributors analyze the transition from the production of military to civilian goods. The contributors examine the market potential of reusing defense industrial plants to produce civilian products within the one- to two-year period called for by economic conversion proponents, showing that the complex process needed to develop, test, and market an entirely new product requires a minimum of five years. They also review the wide range of economic development techniques available at the state and local level, conversion approaches in Western Europe, programs for displaced workers, and reasons why the economic conversion approach has failed to attract public support in the United States. The case studies are used to formulate an integrated, composite approach for coping with plant closures and major employment dislocations. Stressing the in portance of community-based economic adjustment activities, this book will be valuable to all concerned with mitigating the effects of military and civilian plant closures.
Author: Efraim Inbar Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135226946 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
This volume provides a policy-relevant analysis of the complex web of contemporary economic trends, political developments and strategic considerations that are shaping the contours of the new post-Cold War world market for weaponry.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Procurement, Tourism, and Rural Development Publisher: ISBN: Category : Defense industries Languages : en Pages : 132
Author: William F. Felice Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538129337 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 453
Book Description
This powerful and empowering text offers a way forward for alleviating human suffering, presenting a realistic roadmap for enhanced global governance that can create workable solutions to mass poverty. William Felice and Diana Fuguitt emphasize the critical links between international human rights law, international political economy, and global organizations to formulate effective public policy to alleviate human suffering and protect basic human rights for all. They introduce students to the key legal and economic concepts central to economic and social human rights, including the right to education, a healthy environment, food, basic health care, housing, and clean water. They analyze the legal approaches undertaken by the United Nations and explain the key theories of international political economy (including liberalism, nationalism, and structuralism) and central economic concepts (including global public goods, economic equality, and the capabilities approach). In the last decade, a backlash against economic globalization has been fueled by a variety of politicians around the world. A resurgent nationalism is often pitted against international organizations and frameworks for global cooperation. In this new edition, Felice and Fuguitt account for how the current global political climate has affected national and global policies for the provision of public goods and the protection of human rights. They focus on practical policies and actions that both state and nonstate actors can take to uphold economic and social rights. As the first book to integrate these legal and economic approaches, it provides a practical path to action for students, academics, and policy makers alike.
Author: John E. Lynch
Author: Efraim Inbar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Procurement, Tourism, and Rural Development
Author: United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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Author: United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Author: William F. Felice
Author: Thomas D. Rowley
Author: Stephen Kirby