Disarmament, Peace and Development - 9781787438552

Disarmament, Peace and DevelopmentAuthor(s): Reiner Braun, Colin Archer, Ingeborg Breines, Manas Chatterji, Amela Skiljan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Emerald Publishing Limited\nISBN-13: 9781787438552, 978-1787438552\nSynopsis\nExcessive\nmilitary spendingreduces the available financial reserves for health,\neducation, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty,\nunemployment, and [url] also strengthens dictatorial tendencies\nin politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace,\neliminate poverty, decrease inequality, and achieve social justice, we should\ndevote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the released\nresources for economic development. For that, we need a concerted effort to\nencourage disarmament.\n\nThis new\nvolume provides reflections and insights from\nleading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any\nform. Many of the c.