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Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age
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Paperback
from Rand Corp (June 1, 2000)
9780833027924 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.00
About: The arrival of post-industrial society has transformed the tradiditonal bases of national power, and thus the methods used to measure the relative power requires not merely a meticulous detailing of visible military assests but also a scrutiny of larger capabilities embodied in such variables as the aptitude for innovation, the soundness of social institutions, and the quality of the knowledge baseâall of which may bear upon a country's capacity to produce the one element still fundamental to international politics: effective military power.
About: The arrival of post-industrial society has transformed the tradiditonal bases of national power, and thus the methods used to measure the relative power requires not merely a meticulous detailing of visible military assests but also a scrutiny of larger capabilities embodied in such variables as the aptitude for innovation, the soundness of social institutions, and the quality of the knowledge baseâall of which may bear upon a country's capacity to produce the one element still fundamental to international politics: effective military power.