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This introductory textbook provides the ideal basis for students coming to Politics for the first time. The book opens with thequestion 'What is Politics?' and then explores the four major 'elements' : Comparative Institutions, Political Ideologies, Public Administration and International Relations. The book has been divided into five easy-to-use sections, each with a guide to literature for further study. Each chapter ends with two essay questions, making this an ideal teaching and revision tool. Key features -- Covers the core elements of a Political Science undergraduate degree -- Ideal for revision of the subject: includes 50 essay questions -- Offers helpful guides to the literature in each area. Written by a distinguished team of authors with many years of teaching experience. -- Provided by publisher

A survey of the peace economics literature / Walter Isard, Charles H. Anderton -- The basic economics of arms reduction / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Impact of military cuts on the Soviet and Eastern European economies : models and simulations / Lawrence R. Klein, Miroslaw Gronicki, Hiroyuki Kosaka -- Conflict and trade : an economics approach to political international interactions / Solomon William Polachek -- On modeling the impact of arms reductions on world trade / Jeffrey H. Bergstrand -- The new strategic environment and economic factors in the future of nuclear defense / Martin C. McGuire -- Competing optima in the Gulf War / Murray Wolfson [and others] -- Determinants of military expenditure / Carlos Seiglie -- Disarmament negotiations as an exercise in mature rivalry / Robert E. Kuenne -- Wars and famines : on divisions and incentives / Amartya Sen -- Regional Conflict and military spending in the developing countries / Manas Chatterji -- Do arms races lead to peace? / Jean-Christian Lambelet -- Key directions for research / Walter Isard, Charles Anderton.

The subject of peace economics and its ramifications are comprehensively and deeply attacked in this book. First of all the book presents a compact survey of significant contributions already made, and then it provides a broad theoretical background for examining the subject by evaluating four different approaches, those of 1) neoclassical welfare theory, 2) Keynesian and modern versions of macroeconomics, 3) modern growth theory and 4) political choice theory. A number of contributions deal with major questions on issues such as the impact of military cutbacks in the Eastern European economie.