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First published in 1986, Militarization, Internal Repression and Social Welfare in the Third World argues that there is a relationship between the level of a regime's military spending and the degree of internal repression it inflicts. This book presents a detailed empirical analysis of this situation and presents the results of more than three dozen researchers who have published comparative or case studies of the substitution effects of military expenditures in socio-economic areas. While the primary concern is with the Third World, the book also analyses the costs to advanced capitalist and to state socialist systems and discusses their role in further militarization. This book will be of interest to students of political science, international relations, colonialism and area studies.

Egalitarians & deconstructionist multiculturalists have monopolized such symbolic slogans as "social justice." While biological, behavioral, & public policy oriented empirical research has impugned many of their assumptions, there are good reasons not to anticipate a collapse of this movement in the short run. Furthermore, resistance to empirical anomalies also afflicts right-of-center tendencies in varying degree. Recognizing this as well as the few insights of their protagonists may enable conservatives to recapture the "social justice" high ground premised upon not only defense of one's unique cultural heritage but also by proportionately rewarding meritorious contributions to community well-being. 55 References. Adapted from the source document.

Rhetorical slogans explain much of multiculturalism's appeal to the uninitiated. The movement's dynamic thrust, driven by radical deconstructionists, is increasingly antithetical to its liberal ideological symbolism. Both the illusory premises of the latter & the Hobbesian implications of deconstructionist dominance are assessed. A contrasting societal paradigm represented by an emergent sociocultural conservative movement is elaborated. Whether "democracy" can survive this intensifying "culture war" is questionable. 52 References. Adapted from the source document.

Presents the findings of a study exploring the attributes possessed by military officers who would respond favorably to outreach by peace-advocacy groups &, thus, enhance the legitimacy & appeal of peace organizations. Questionnaire data collected from 40 members of the Center for Defense Information's Military Advisory Council, a group advocating nondefensive military interventionism, is analyzed. Variables include demographics, education & family background, high school interests, attitudes toward military policies, & activities after retirement from the military. Findings reveal that most of the officers were well educated, well read, & interested in history & the humanities, & have reservations about mismanagement & the effectiveness of military policies before retirement. Also significant is that the differences between these & other officers on the verge of retirement are modest. It is concluded that the moderate views & aims of these officers are a better basis for a broad-based peace movement than the utopian goals & divisive identity-based priorities of many peace advocates. T. Arnold

Examines the adverse impact that military sectors have on environmental security, but argues that military missions may promote environmental security provided armed forces are limited in their institutional domain & adopt a nonprovocative strategy. Military warfare, training, & related production in Central America, particularly by the US, are examined in terms of the devastating impact of this sector on the resource base & its competing claims for elite attention & budgetary funds. Military establishments whose primary function is repressive tend to be larger, more heavily equipped, & less responsive to ecological concerns due to their connection with political elites & a corporate growth & free market ideology. Exceptions have occurred where traditional armed forces have been replaced with defensively-oriented militia forces. 71 References. S. Davies