The Wages of Peace: Disarmament in a Small Industrialized Economy

by Nils Petter Gleditsch, Adne Cappelen, Olav Bjerkholt

Based on a decade-long study, this timely text uses a wide range of economic models to explore the global, national, and local effects of military disarmament. The authors review the international literature of disarmament and conversion induced by the end of the Cold War and compare the results to the findings on Norway. Claims about the improvement of welfare, development, and the environment--which are to be funded by peace dividends--are examined,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803977506
• ISBN13: 9780803977501
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"