Beschreibung:
Defense plant cutbacks and military base closures have affected hundreds of U.S. communities during the past twenty-five years. Tracing the recovery of four communities after large defense plant cutbacks and of one hundred communities after military base closures, the contributors analyze the transition from the production of military to civilian g
Preface -- Introduction -- Defense Spending in the Economy -- Adjustment and Conversion Policy Issues -- Defense-Related Employment for Selected Weapon Systems -- Community Economic Adjustment to Defense Industrial Cutbacks -- Military Base Civilian Reuse Experience -- Corporate Diversification and Conversion Experience -- European Conversion Experience -- Industrial Plant Reuse and Conversion -- Normal Industrial Plant Redevelopment Process -- Civilian Market Opportunities for Defense Industry -- State-Local Economic Development Programs -- Worker Assistance and Placement Experience -- Conversion: A Dead-End Strategy? -- Conclusion: Dealing with Major Plant Closures -- Annotated bibliography -- Executive order 12049 -- Presidential Letter on Defense growth impacts