14 empty airframes: public–private relations in the Swedish arms industry

IF 1.1 Q3 ECONOMICS
Linda Åkerström
{"title":"14 empty airframes: public–private relations in the Swedish arms industry","authors":"Linda Åkerström","doi":"10.15355/epsj.15.1.39","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In February 2013, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration ordered 14 empty airframes in an effort to keep production lines open at the national arms producer Saab. This unusual example of state support is a reflection of the tight-knit relationship between state actors and the arms industry in Sweden. This article provides a case study of the political and economic factors that contributed to the order. It analyses the Swedish history of armed neutrality and military non-alignment as a driver of contemporary procurement and arms trade policies, and the formation of a “partially captive” Swedish arms market—where orders to Saab made up 60 percent of the Swedish arms procurement budget in 2018.","PeriodicalId":43334,"journal":{"name":"Economics of Peace and Security Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"39-48"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Economics of Peace and Security Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15355/epsj.15.1.39","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

In February 2013, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration ordered 14 empty airframes in an effort to keep production lines open at the national arms producer Saab. This unusual example of state support is a reflection of the tight-knit relationship between state actors and the arms industry in Sweden. This article provides a case study of the political and economic factors that contributed to the order. It analyses the Swedish history of armed neutrality and military non-alignment as a driver of contemporary procurement and arms trade policies, and the formation of a “partially captive” Swedish arms market—where orders to Saab made up 60 percent of the Swedish arms procurement budget in 2018.
14个空机身:瑞典军火工业的公私关系
2013年2月,瑞典国防物资管理局(Swedish Defense Materiel Administration)订购了14架空机身,以保持国家武器生产商萨博(Saab)的生产线畅通。这个国家支持的不同寻常的例子反映了国家行为者与瑞典军火工业之间紧密的关系。本文提供了促成秩序的政治和经济因素的案例研究。它分析了瑞典武装中立和军事不结盟的历史,作为当代采购和武器贸易政策的驱动因素,以及“部分俘虏”瑞典武器市场的形成-萨博的订单占2018年瑞典武器采购预算的60%。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
1.00
自引率
0.00%
发文量
7
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信