Disarmament and Defence Industrial Adjustment in South Africa

Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett analyse the response of the South African defence industry to drastic cuts in military expenditure and the demilitarization of society brought about by the end of the Cold War, the collapse of Apartheid, and the stabilization of the regional security situation. They then examine the attempts by the new ANC-led government to use these resources instead to restructure and revitalize the country's industrial base and to support reconstruction, development, and redistribution.