America Inc.?: Innovation and Enterprise in the National Security State
Linda Weiss
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Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20, 8 tables, 10 charts, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
For more than half a century, the United States has led the world in developing major technologies that drive the modern economy and underpin its prosperity. Linda Weiss attributes the U.S. capacity for transformative innovation to the strength of its national security state, a complex of agencies, programs, and hybrid arrangements that has developed around the institution of permanent defense preparedness and the pursuit of technological supremacy. In America Inc.? she examines how that complex emerged and how it has evolved in response to changing geopolitical threats and domestic political constraints, from the Cold War period to the post-9/11 era.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452680
SKU
V9780801452680
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About Linda Weiss
Linda Weiss is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Politics at the University of Sydney. She is the author of The Myth of the Powerless State, also from Cornell, and coeditor most recently of Developmental Politics in Transition: The Neoliberal Era and Beyond.
Reviews for America Inc.?: Innovation and Enterprise in the National Security State
This dense, powerful volume offers profound insights into the U.S. innovation system and its driving forces....It deserves close attention from anyone with an interest in innovation or America's place at the technological frontier.
Mark Zachary Taylor
Political Science Quarterly
While America Inc.? is not a book for those desiring a normative critique of US policy, it is, ... Read more
Mark Zachary Taylor
Political Science Quarterly
While America Inc.? is not a book for those desiring a normative critique of US policy, it is, ... Read more