This text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.
Part I The Underlying Issues; Chapter 1 Finding the Future: The Role of Economic Conversion in Shaping the Twenty-first Century, Lloyd J. Dumas; Chapter 2 Sociological Dimensions of Economic Conversion, Dana L. Dunn; Chapter 3 Restructuring the Organization: The Importance of Strategic Learning in Conversion, George Mehring; Part II Conversion and Adjustment Experience in the United States; Chapter 4 Military Contractor Conversion in the United States, Bertelli Domenick; Chapter 5 Retraining for What? Displaced Defense Workers and Federal Programs in Two Regions, Elizabeth Mueller; Chapter 6 Organizing for Conversion: Peace and Labor Coalitions, Fred Rose; Part III Conversion and Public Policy; Chapter 7 Building Job Bridges for Defense Industrial Conversion, Gregory A. Bischak; Chapter 8 Economic Conversion Legislation: Past Approaches and the Search for a New Framework, James Raffel; Chapter 9 Public Choice, Foreign Policy Crises, and Military Spending, Jonathan M. Feldman; Part IV Conversion in the Former Socialist Countries; Chapter 10 Turning Swords into Washing Machines: Converting Russian Military Firms to Consumer Durable Production, Michael Oden; Chapter 11 Conversion Problems in the Changing Economies, John E. Ullmann;
