| Description |
1 online resource (490 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Revivals Ser |
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Routledge Revivals Ser
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| Contents |
Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents Page -- List of Tables and Figures Page -- Preface Page -- List of Acronyms Page -- Introduction -- Part I: Arms Transfers -- Chapter 1: Definition and political significance of arms transfers -- Problems of definition -- The political significance of arms transfers -- Chapter 2: Quantity and quality -- Quantitative development -- Qualitative changes in arms transfers -- Increased technological sophistication -- Proliferating complexity of transfer arrangements |
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Chapter 3: The structure of the international arms market -- Submarkets and their characteristics -- The supply side -- Global arms transfers -- Arms transfers to the Third World -- Third World arms exporters -- The demand side -- Regional distribution -- Concentration of demand -- Supply and demand: seller's market or buyer's market? -- Chapter 4: Supplier and recipient perspectives -- Actors and objectives -- Benefits and costs of exporting arms -- Benefits and costs of importing arms -- Chapter 5: Supplier policies -- United States of America -- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- France |
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United Kingdom -- Federal Republic of Germany -- Italy -- Israel -- Brazil -- Chapter 6: Retransfers -- The end-use clause -- Motives for retransfers -- Retransfer patterns -- Chapter 7: Arms trade control -- Arguments -- Dimensions of control -- Unilateral measures -- Bilateral and multilateral measures -- The Conventional Arms Transfer talks -- COCOM -- The Declaration of Ayacucho -- The registration approach -- Consideration in the United Nations framework and in the Conference on Disarmament -- The elements of the debate -- Initiatives -- The arms embargo against South Africa |
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Part II: Arms transfers and dependence -- Chapter 8: Theoretical aspects of dependence -- Conceptual aspects of dependence -- Interdependence -- Power, influence, leverage and linkage -- Anticipation -- Dependence in arms transfers -- Types of arms transfer dependence -- Mutual dependence: the logic of reverse leverage -- Chapter 9: Recipient dependence -- logic and determinants -- The logic of recipient dependence -- Determinants of recipient dependence |
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Chapter 10: Determinants of recipient dependence I: Threat perception, degree of self-sufficiency and ability to expand domestic arms production -- Threat perception -- Degree of self-sufficiency in arms procurement -- Ability to initiate or expand domestic arms production -- Chapter 11: Determinants of recipient dependence II: Diversification of supply availability of alternative sources of supply -- Diversification of arms supply -- Availability of alternative sources of supply -- The existence of alternative suppliers -- Political and ideological compatibility with alternative suppliers |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Degree of diplomatic isolation |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000392005 |
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1000392007 |
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