Military spending and global security : humanitarian and environmental perspectives /: humanitarian and environmental perspectives. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jordi Calvo Rufanges.
• Editors: Calvo Rufanges, Jordi
• Contents: List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Preface - Tom Woodhouse Introduction – Jordi Calvo Rufanges 1. Trends in global military expenditure: drivers of increases and causes of concerns - Aude-E. Fleurant and Yannick Quéau 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Structure, Drivers and Key Actors 1.3 Global Military Expenditure 1.4 Regional and Sub-regional Dynamics 1.5 Conclusion 1.6 Bibliography 2. Military expenditure, arms transfer and armed conflicts - Chloé Meulewaeter 2.1 Introduction 2.2 General trends 2.2.1. General trends of military expenditure 2.2.2. General trends of arms transfer 2.2.3. General trends of armed conflicts 2.2.4. Summary of general trends 2.3. The relationship between military expenditure, arms transfer and armed conflicts 2.3.1 On the link between military expenditure and arms transfer 2.3.2 On the link between military spending and armed conflicts 2.3.3 On the link between arms transfer and armed conflicts 2.4 Conclusion 2.5 Bibliography 3. Military spending, foreign military operations and counter-terrorism - Alejandro Pozo Marín 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Military spending increases, foreign military operations skyrocket 3.3 Foreign military operations in scenarios of counter-terrorism 3.4 Lack of budget transparency for foreign military operations 3.5 Militarist tendency to address political crises 3.6 Conclusion 3.7 Bibliography 4. Empire, US military spending and campaigning for a moral budget - Joseph Gerson 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Increasing military spending 4.3 How the system works 4.4 Campaigning to reduce U.S. military spending 4.5 Conclusion 4.6 Bibliography 5. Militarisation of the European Union: fresh money for the military industry - Laëtitia Sédou, Mark Akkerman and Bram Vranken 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Using the EU budget to answer perceived military needs 5.2.1 The first steps 5.2.2 The European Defence Fund: new subsidies for military Research & Development 5.2.3 Alleged military industrial needs to be mainstreamed across all European programmes 5.3 Adapting resources or technology such as transport infrastructure, skills or space for military use 5.4 From securitisation to militarisation of external borders and foreign policy 5.4.1 Escalating spending on border militarisation 5.4.2 Security for development 5.5 The European military-industrial complex shaping EU policies 5.5.1 A spider’s web of trust and influence 5.5.2 A substantial budget and easy access to decision makers 5.5.3 Two decades of arms lobbying 5.6 Conclusion 5.7 Bibliography 6. Cost of Nuclear Weapons - Tarja Cronberg and Dave Webb 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The full costs of nuclear weapons 6.3 The nuclear arsenals and their costs 6.4 The modernisation process 6.4.1 The US nuclear arsenal 6.4.2 The UK nuclear weapons system 6.4.3 The French nuclear arsenal 6.5 Humanitarian costs 6.5.1The Hibakusha – survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 6.5.2 Nuclear weapons tests 6.6 Conclusion 6.7 Bibliography 7. Military Spending and Climate Change – Pere Brunet and Chloe Meulewaeter 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Climate change: A scientific view 7.3 The Global Triangle of Power 7.4 Climate change: a consequence of the Global Triangle of Power 7.5 On the link between military spending and climate change 7.6 Conclusions 7.7 Bibliography 8. Peace Movement Work on Military Spending – Colin Archer 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Historical perspective 8.2.1 1815-1850 8.2.2 1850-1870 8.2.3 1870-1914 8.2.4 1919-1939 8.2.5 1945-1990 8.2.6 1990-2001 8.2.7 2001-2019 8.3 IPB and the Global Campaign on Military Spending 8.4 Other initiatives 8.5 The campaign goes global 8.6 Conclusion 8.7 Bibliography 9. Conclusion – Jordi Calvo Rufanges Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 355.6226; Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures; Military readiness -- Economic aspects; Military policy -- Economic aspects; Militarism; Human security
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000223439; 9781000223378; 9781000223408; 9781003045823
• Related ISBNs: 9780367493394
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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