The Political Economy of Armed Conflict
Title | The Political Economy of Armed Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Ballentine |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Civil war |
ISBN | 9781588261724 |
Globalization, suggest the authors of this collection, is creating new opportunities - some legal, some illicit - for armed factions to pursue their agendas in civil war. Within this context, they analyze the key dynamics of war economies and the challenges posed for conflict resolution and sustainable peace. Thematic chapters consider key issues in the political economy of internal wars, as well as how differing types of resource dependency influence the scope, character, and duration of conflicts. Case studies of Burma, Colombia, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka illustrate a range of ways in which belligerents make use of global markets and the transnational flow of resources. An underlying theme is the opportunities available to the international community to alter the economic incentive structure that inadvertently supports armed conflict.
Beyond Greed and Grievance
Title | Beyond Greed and Grievance PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Collier |
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Release | 2006 |
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Greed & Grievance
Title | Greed & Grievance PDF eBook |
Author | Mats R. Berdal |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781555878689 |
This volume identifies the economic and social factors underlying the perpetuation of civil wars, exploring as well the economic incentives and disencentives available to international actors seeking to restore peace to war-torn societies. The authors consider the economic rationality of conflict for beligerents, the economic strategies that elites use to sustain their positions, and in what situations elites find war to be more profitable than peace.
War Economies in a Regional Context
Title | War Economies in a Regional Context PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Charles Pugh |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781588262110 |
"This book ... emphasizes the role of economic factors in the conditions that lead to state collapse, give rise to and sustain conflict, and complicate peacebuilding." The book argues that "existing state-level focus tends to ignore the role of regional linkages in permitting and sustaining conflict and as obstacles to transformation." Furthermore that, "the focus on the dynamics of conflict in states of the developing world tends to artificially distance the outside, predominantly "Western" world from their genesis and evolution ..." (taken from introduction)
The Search for Peace
Title | The Search for Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Hurd |
Publisher | Sphere |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Diplomacy |
ISBN | 9780751526738 |
We live in a world of nation states, immortal and political entities that act as a focus for the loyalty of the citizen but cannot by themselves meet those citizens' needs. As the history of our own continent illustrates, a Europe of nation states has bred a Europe of endemic warfare. Such has been the problem facing international diplomacy for nearly two hundred years. Douglas Hurd traces the search for peace back to the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, focusing his attention on four key events - the Congress of Vienna, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the Yalta settlement of 1945 and the collapse of Communism. He demonstrates how the diplomatic realism that kept Europe at peace for a century was destroyed by both American idealism at the end of the First World War and the accompanying rise of Nazism, Fascism and Marxism. Only by appreciating the lessons of the past, can we meet the new challenges presented by the tumultuous events of 1989, when the threat of nuclear war was replaced by the open wound of Bosnia. Combining acute historical analysis with the unique insight of a former Foreign Secretary, THE SEARCH FOR PEACE is a major contribution to our understanding of international politics.
The Political Economy Of Armed Conflict: Beyond Greed And Grievance
Title | The Political Economy Of Armed Conflict: Beyond Greed And Grievance PDF eBook |
Author | Ballentine |
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ISBN | 9788130900728 |
On the Duration of Civil War
Title | On the Duration of Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Collier |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Civil war |
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The duration of large-scale violent civil conflict increases substantially if the society is composed of a few large ethnic groups, if there is extensive forest cover, and if the conflict has commenced since 1980. None of these factors affect the initiation of conflict. And neither the duration nor the initiation of conflict is affected by initial inequality or political repression.