The Armadollar-Petrodollar Coalition: Demise or New Order?

The Armadollar-Petrodollar Coalition: Demise or New Order?
Bichler, Shimshon and Rowley, Robin and Nitzan, Jonathan. (1989). Working Papers. Department of Economics. McGill University. Vol. 89. No. 11. pp. 1-63. (Article - Working Paper; English).

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Abstract or Brief Description

This is the final paper in a series of four essays that deal with the political economy of armament and oil. Since the 1980s, military imports to the Middle East increased while revenues from oil exports declined substantially. These disparities highlight structural changes which affect the Armadollar-Petrodollar Coalition of large armament and oil companies. Relations between oil producing countries and petroleum companies were restructured and there was a surge in corporate concentration. A ‘military bias’ in Europe and Japan increased the global competition for military orders but also enhances the cohesiveness of an emerging international armament lobby of military contractors. In addition, the domestic influence of the U.S. Armament Core was heightened by corporate concentration and symbiotic relations between contractors and the Pentagon. The two sides of the Armadollar-Petrodollar Coalition have consolidated their positions and may again seek to benefit from renewed cycles of armed conflicts and oil crises in the Middle East.

Language

English

Publication Type

Article - Working Paper

Keywords

arms exports arma-core concentration corporation elite Europe free flow foreign policy institutionalized waste Japan limited flow Middle East Asia military contractors military spending national security oil OPEC petro-core petrodollars profit distribution ruling class Vietnam War United States

Subject

BN State & Government
BN Region - Middle East
BN Industrial Organization
BN Institutions
BN Power
BN International & Global
BN Region - Asia
BN Region - North America
BN Business Enterprise
BN Crisis
BN War & Peace
BN Conflict & Violence
BN Science & Technology
BN Distribution
BN Region - Europe
BN Comparative
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Policy

Depositing User

Jonathan Nitzan

Date Deposited

11 Feb 2007

Last Modified

21 Dec 2015 20:32

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