Socialization Of The Army's Logistic Support: An Economic Analysis

This dissertation attempts to analyze economically from both macro- and micro-levels the socialization of the army's logistic support and find out the factors hindering the advancement of reforms in this aspect. This author hopes that this analysis will provide the necessary theoretical basis for the smooth advancement of current reforms. The dissertation is divided into four parts, not including the foreword.Part One: The concept of socialization of military logistic support and establishment of relevant models. Upon analysis of the three main approaches dominating academic research, this part tries to define the concept of socialization of military logistic support and give it an economic explanation. Then, a cost-benefit model is established.Part Two: Cost-benefit analysis at both macro- and micro-levels. At the macro-level, this part analyzes the reform cost in comes of socialization reform of military logistic support. At the micro-level, support cost, reform cost in comes are analyzed.Part Three: The difficulties encountered in the socialization reforms of military logistic support and relevant solutions. The author thinks the settlement of workers is the most difficult issue encountered in the reforms. The focus of analysis is given to the inadequacy of current settlement mechanism and factors hindering worker settlement. Toward the end of this part, suggestions on better worker settlement are put forward.Part Four: How to push forward the socialization reform of military logistic support. Based on conclusions arrived at in previous chapters, this part provides suggestions on improving peacetime and wartime transition mechanism of socialization of military logistic support, securing enough launching fund for the reforms, establishment of new fund standard regulations, realization of servicemen's welfare support in form of cash and enhancing management of the reforms.This dissertation is written under the guidance of Marxist standpoint and itadheres to the scientific methodology of dialectic materialism and historic materialism and the principle of combining theory with practice. The chief methods used are analysis via mathematical means, geometric analysis, case study and norm study.This dissertation is innovative for its analysis of the cost and income of the logistics socialization reform by focusing on the cost in comes of system reforms, after which suggestions are made on how to reduce cost and increase benefit, how to remove the obstacles hindering the deepening of reforms and solve the problem of the settlement of workers.