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Restructuring of arms production in Western Europe

Title: Restructuring of arms production in Western Europe / edited by Michael Brzoska and Peter Lock.
Publication: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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xv, 240 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Profound changes are occurring in the structure of arms production in Western Europe. Concentration is increasing at a fast pace. Small producers are disappearing and even large ones are opting out of the market. The various national arms industries, long operating in protective environments, are rapidly internationalizing. Three factors combine to bring about this change: East-West detente, the creation of the Single European Market, and the constant pressure of increasingly complex technology. In this book experts describe how the framework for producing arms in Western Europe is altered, and how various actors--firms, governments, and trade unions--are adapting to the new situation. The book presents detailed analyses of all the arms-producing countries in Western Europe. In addition to describing recent changes, the authors speculate on the implications of these for the balance of power in Western Europe, the relations between Western Europe and the United States, arms exports to the Third World, and problems of converting from military to civilian production. The appendices include the SIPRI list of the 50 largest arms-producing companies in Western Europe; data on mergers and acquisitions, procurement expenditure, and exports of major weapons; selections from treaties and other official documents relevant to current and future regulation of West European arms production; and a select bibliography.

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Note

"This report contains data on the arms industry generated at SIPRI"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Introduction. Restructuring of arms production in Western Europe / Michael Brzoska, Peter Lock -- Pt. 2. The changing environment. The economics of the West and European arms industry / Ian Anthony and Herbert Wulf -- Institutional frameworks for integration of arms production in Western Europe / Harald Bauer -- Political change and world arms export markets: impact on the structure of West European arms industries / Frederic S. Pearson -- Responses of the US arms industry / Judith Reppy -- Science, technology and the peace dividend / Philip Gummett and William Walker.
(Cont.) Pt. 3. Country analyses. The British restructuring experience / Trevor Taylor -- Reorientation of French companies / Claude Serfati -- Consequences of the French arms exports crisis / Jacques Fontanel and Louis Pilandon -- Daimler Benz: the final stage of concentration in German arms production? / Michael Brzoska and Peter Lock -- Crisis and adaptation in northern Germany / Werner Voss -- The slow restructuring of the Italian arms industry / Guilio Perani and Mario Pianta -- Arms production and modernization in Spain / Jordi Molas-Gallart -- The developing arms industries in Greece, Portugal and Turkey / Anthony Bartzokas -- Sweden's search for military technology / Björn Hagelin.

ISBN

0198291477
9780198291473

LCCN

91010508

OCLC

ocm23215832
23215832
SCSB-1951374

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Princeton University Library