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Greed and Grievance : Economic Agendas in Civil Wars / ed. by Mats Berdal, David M. Malone.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A project of the International Peace InstitutePublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685850012
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE Approaches to the Political Economy of Civil Wars -- 2 Incentives and Disincentives for Violence -- 3 Shadow States and the Political Economy of Civil Wars -- 4 Globalization, Transborder Trade, and War Economies -- 5 Doing Well out of War: An Economic Perspective -- 6 The Resource Curse: Are Civil Wars Driven by Rapacity or Paucity? -- 7 The View from Below -- PART TWO Confronting Economic Agendas in Civil Wars -- 8 Arms, Elites, and Resources in the Angolan Civil War -- 9 Targeted Financial Sanctions -- 10 Aiding or Abetting? Humanitarian Aid and Its Economic Role in Civil War -- 11 Shaping Agendas in Civil Wars: Can International Criminal Law Help? -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Current scholarship on civil wars and transitions from war to peace has made significant progress in understanding the political dimensions of internal conflict, but the economic motivations spurring political violence have been comparatively neglected. This pathbreaking volume identifies the economic and social factors underlying the perpetuation of civil wars, exploring as well the economic incentives and disincentives available to international actors seeking to restore peace to war-torn societies. The authors consider the economic rationality of conflict for belligerents, the economic strategies that elites use to sustain their positions, and in what situations elites find war to be more profitable than peace. They strive consistently for policy relevance in both their analysis and their prescriptions.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE Approaches to the Political Economy of Civil Wars -- 2 Incentives and Disincentives for Violence -- 3 Shadow States and the Political Economy of Civil Wars -- 4 Globalization, Transborder Trade, and War Economies -- 5 Doing Well out of War: An Economic Perspective -- 6 The Resource Curse: Are Civil Wars Driven by Rapacity or Paucity? -- 7 The View from Below -- PART TWO Confronting Economic Agendas in Civil Wars -- 8 Arms, Elites, and Resources in the Angolan Civil War -- 9 Targeted Financial Sanctions -- 10 Aiding or Abetting? Humanitarian Aid and Its Economic Role in Civil War -- 11 Shaping Agendas in Civil Wars: Can International Criminal Law Help? -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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Current scholarship on civil wars and transitions from war to peace has made significant progress in understanding the political dimensions of internal conflict, but the economic motivations spurring political violence have been comparatively neglected. This pathbreaking volume identifies the economic and social factors underlying the perpetuation of civil wars, exploring as well the economic incentives and disincentives available to international actors seeking to restore peace to war-torn societies. The authors consider the economic rationality of conflict for belligerents, the economic strategies that elites use to sustain their positions, and in what situations elites find war to be more profitable than peace. They strive consistently for policy relevance in both their analysis and their prescriptions.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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