Journal article
Defense allocations in Eastern Europe: Alliance politics and leadership change
International Interactions, Vol.16(1), pp.33-47
03/01/1990
DOI: 10.1080/03050629008434742
Abstract
To investigate the influence of international and domestic factors on the defense spending of the East European members of the Warsaw Pact, we evaluate competing hypotheses of 1) intra-alliance dynamics and 2) the effect of changes in political leadership. We analyze data from 1965-1982, both pooled and for each state individually. We conclude that the defense spending of the Pact members does not go primarily toward the purchase of Pact-wide deterrence and that models based upon the public-goods approach have little explanatory power when applied to Eastern Europe. Additionally, we find that East European leadership changes produce only a small impact on military spending levels.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Defense allocations in Eastern Europe: Alliance politics and leadership change
- Creators
- Glenn Palmer - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science , SUNY BinghamtonWilliam M Reisinger - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science , University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International Interactions, Vol.16(1), pp.33-47
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/03050629008434742
- ISSN
- 0305-0629
- eISSN
- 1547-7444
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/1990
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983921852702771
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