The Political Economy of Military Spending in Israel

Mintz, Alex; Ward, Michael D.

doi:10.2307/1962403

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“…This result, it seems, runs counter to not only conventional wisdom, but also to many of the theoretical arguments and much of the empirical evidence that can be found in the literature (eg: Allison, 1983;Kurth, 1973;Nincic, 1982;Mintz & Ward, 1989). One suggestion is that the overall trend is toward the demilitarization of the US and British societies, though obviously that trend is neither constant nor monotonie.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…• A control for the existence of an existential threat was included in the model to account for the argument that states mobilize in response to threats (eg: Mintz & Ward, 1989;Organski, 1965). The indicator used was a dichotomous coding for the existence of a war, as classified by Small and Singer (1982), or the presence of a serious dispute with another major power.…”

Section: Exogenous Variables and Their Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The self‐amplifying feedback between societal militarization and violent foreign policy: Great Britain and the United States, 1900–1985

Regan¹

1994

International Interactions

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Fairly strong theoretical arguments posit that the use of force to achieve foreign policy objectives and the milita' rization of society are part of a self-amplifying feedback process. In spite of the rather coherent reasoning linking these two factors, little empirical work has attempted to demonstrate the strength of this postulated relationship. This analysis uses a system of equations to model this hypothesized feedback in the US and British societies during the 20th century. The findings presented below lend tentative support for the hypothesized feedback, though suggests that further verification might be facilitated through refinements in the operational indicators of violent foreign policy. Furthermore, the analysis demonstrates that systemic level variables contribute significantly to the propensity of the US and Great Britain to employ violence as a tool of foreign policy.

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The self‐amplifying feedback between societal militarization and violent foreign policy: Great Britain and the United States, 1900–1985

Regan¹

1994

International Interactions

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“…One reason may be Israel's close relationship with the U.S. that has allowed technology to trickle-down from the latter (Brzoska, 1989514; see also Mintz and Ward, 1989). One reason may be Israel's close relationship with the U.S. that has allowed technology to trickle-down from the latter (Brzoska, 1989514; see also Mintz and Ward, 1989).…”

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Arab-Israeli Defense Spending and Economic Growth

DeRouen¹

1995

Conflict Management and Peace Science

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Research on the nexus between defense spending and economic growth in the Third World has generated discrepant findings. This debate takes on added relevance in the wake of recent substantive moves toward peace in the Middle East. This study considers the relationship between defense spending and economic growth over time in the Middle East. It also addresses the externality effects defense spending has on the economies. Contextual factors such as arms production and regime type of Egypt. Israel. Jordan and Syria are put forth as possible explanations of the disparate findings to date. The findings suggest that the potential for peace dividends in Egypt and Syria is contingent upon increases in allocations to non-defense government spending. For Israel defense cuts alone may actually hinder growth in the short run. In Jordan, the defense sector is shown to be surprisingly productive and therefore any potential peace dividend must rely upon cooperative regional ventures, and not defense cuts.

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“…Furthermore, the detection of first order autocorrelation coefficients that are close to unity is problematic and renders the results dubious. Mintz and Ward (1989) show that Israel's spending is driven, among other factors, by Arab military expenditure. However, they estimate a system of equations in which the latter is exogenous.…”

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Six decades of the Israeli-Arab conflict: An assessment of the economic aspects

Abu‐Qarn¹

2008

EPSJ

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The article critically evaluates the literature that deals with the economic aspects of the Israeli-Arab conflict. The survey covers: (1) Data issues and lack of trustworthy time series; (2) the existence and causal direction of an arms race between Israel and its Arab neighbors; (3) the defense-growth nexus and possible spillovers from the defense industry to civilian sectors; (4) the effects of foreign aid; and (5) the dividends of a possible peace agreement. The survey concludes with recommendations for future research.

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The Political Economy of Military Spending in Israel

Cited by 44 publications

References 23 publications

The self‐amplifying feedback between societal militarization and violent foreign policy: Great Britain and the United States, 1900–1985

The self‐amplifying feedback between societal militarization and violent foreign policy: Great Britain and the United States, 1900–1985

Arab-Israeli Defense Spending and Economic Growth

Six decades of the Israeli-Arab conflict: An assessment of the economic aspects

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