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The Regional Role in Post-Cold War Military Industrial Conversion

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  • Ann Markusen

    (Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, amarkusen@hhh.umn.edu)

  • Michael Brzoska

    (Bonn International Center for Conversion, Bonn, Germany, mb@bicc.uni-bonn.de)

Abstract

Regionally concentrated post-cold war military spending cuts offer an opportunity to compare regional conversion across countries. The authors briefly lay out the challenge and distinguish regional from national and industrial conversion strategies. Several factors facilitate or impede region-level conversion efforts: regional contextual factors—defense dependency, isolation, diversity, and vigor in the regional economy; military industrial features—sectoral specialization, size, and ownership patterns; and political structure and behavior—federal/unitary systems, regional public sector capacity, political party structure, leadership, and coalition building. The authors illustrate each with examples drawn from eighteen regions in eight countries, the subjects of articles collected in this special issue.

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  • Ann Markusen & Michael Brzoska, 2000. "The Regional Role in Post-Cold War Military Industrial Conversion," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 23(1), pages 3-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inrsre:v:23:y:2000:i:1:p:3-24
    DOI: 10.1177/016001700761012558
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    1. Ksenia Gonchar & Petra Opitz, 2000. "Regional Conversion in the Russian Case," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 23(1), pages 103-119, January.
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    1. Robert Hassink, 2000. "Regional Involvement in Defense Industry Restructuring in Belgium and the Netherlands," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 23(1), pages 81-90, January.
    2. Roland Zullo & Yijun Liu, 2017. "Contending With Defense Industry Reallocations: A Literature Review of Relevant Factors," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 31(4), pages 360-372, November.
    3. Ann Markusen, 2015. "Problem-driven Research in Regional Science," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 38(1), pages 3-29, January.
    4. Ann Markusen & Greg Schrock, 2006. "The Distinctive City: Divergent Patterns in Growth, Hierarchy and Specialisation," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 43(8), pages 1301-1323, July.

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