17.460 Defense Politics, Spring 2006
Author(s)
Sapolsky, Harvey
Alternative Title
Defense Politics
Date Issued
June 2006
Abstract
This course focuses on the institutional relationships that affect the raising, maintenance and use of military forces in the United States. It is about civil/military, government/industry, military/science and military service/military service relations. The course examines how politicians, defense contractors, and military officers determine the military might of the United States. It analyzes the military strategies of the nation and the bureaucratic strategies of the armed services, contractors, and defense scientists. It offers a combination of military sociology, organizational politics, and the political economy of defense.
Subjects
United States; defense; policy; institutional relationships; military; forces; civil; government; industry; science; military relations; politicians; defense contractors; officers; strategies; bureaucracy; armed services; contractors; defense scientists; sociology; organization; politics; political economy; congress; president; terror; war; homeland;intraservice; interservice; cargo; security
United States; defense; policy; institutional relationships; military; forces; civil; government; industry; science; military relations; politicians; defense contractors; officers; strategies; bureaucracy; armed services; contractors; defense scientists; sociology; organization; politics; political economy; congress; president; terror; war; homeland;intraservice; interservice; cargo; security
United States
defense
policy
institutional relationships
military
forces
civil
government
industry
science
military relations
politicians
defense contractors
officers
strategies
bureaucracy
armed services
contractors
defense scientists
sociology
organization
politics
political economy
congress
president
terror
war
homeland
intraservice
interservice
cargo
security
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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