From Defence to Development: Redirecting Military Resources in South Africa
- ISBN-10
- 1552501515
- ISBN-13
- 9781552501511
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 277
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-01-01
- Publisher
- IDRC
- Author
- Penny Mckenzie
Description
Remember the global peace dividend - the budget surpluses that were supposed to result from the raising of the Iron Curtain and the end of the arms race? As war-torn societies in the Middle East, Latin America, and parts of Africa found peace and began building democratic societies, governments were supposed to use the money they once spent on the military to better meet basic human needs. But has it happened?
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- 1998
- 246 pages
- Paperback
- IDRC
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- 2007
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- Centre for Foreign Policy Studies Dalhousie University
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- 1998
- 260 pages
- Paperback
- New Africa Books
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