1st Edition

Arms in Academia The Political Economy of the Modern UK Defence Industry

By Elliot Murphy Copyright 2021
164 Pages
by Routledge India

164 Pages
by Routledge India

164 Pages
by Routledge India

This book studies how the arms trade has continued to receive generous state subsidies, along with less direct forms of financial and intellectual support from academia in the UK. It examines the ways in which arms dealing has contributed to the violation of human rights in the Middle East, North Africa, South America, Indochina and other regions of intense conflict, and in doing so, reveals how... Read more

1. Introduction  Part I:The Business of the Arms Trade  2. Africa: Fuelling Division, Reaping the Benefits  3. The Gulf: A Gun to the Head of Austerity Britain  4. The Middle East and South East Asia  Part II: The Economics of the Arms Trade  5. Subsidies and Licenses: Special Market Logic  6. Gower Street Gunrunners: Academic Support for the Arms Trade 7. Conclusion: The Future of the Arms Trade

Biography

Elliot Murphy is a neuroscientist, linguist and author, currently based in Houston, Texas. His recent publications include Unmaking Merlin: Anarchist Tendencies in English Literature (2014). As an activist and literary critic, his works have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, the London Review of Books and openDemocracy.