 The Political and Economic BackgroundPauline Creasey and Simon May Chapter 1 in The European Armaments Market and Procurement Cooperation, 1988, pp 1-30 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The principal purpose of this book is to analyse where the West Europeans have succeeded or failed in their attempts at cooperation in defence procurement, and why. This chapter aims to give some political background to this analysis by looking, very selectively, at a few of the pressures which exist for West European collaboration in defence and security policy in general. Logically, the gradual convergence of national policies on defence and East-West relations ought to facilitate (although it would hardly guarantee) closer cooperation in arms procurement. In addition, experience has shown that the wider interests of West European countries in security cooperation have been major reasons why they have sought to collaborate on arms production. The history of the aborted Franco-German tank, of the European Fighter Aircraft and of other joint projects, particularly between France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), which are discussed in this book, is evidence. Keywords: Federal Republic; Weapon System; Economic Background; West European Country; Fighter Aircraft (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-10024-8_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10024-8_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.