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Rethinking the economics of war the intersection of need, creed, and greed

This collection of essays questions the adequacy of explaining today's internal armed conflicts purely in terms of economic factors and re-establishes the importance of identity and grievances in creating and sustaining such wars. Countries studied include Lebanon, Angola, Colombia and Afghanis...

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Other Authors: Arnson, Cynthia (Editor), Zartman, I. William (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Baltimore Woodrow Wilson Center Press Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
Subjects:
War > Economic aspects > Developing countries
Civil war > Economic aspects > Developing countries
Developing countries > Economic conditions
Developing countries > Politics and government
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Table of Contents:
  • The political economy of war : situating the debate / Cynthia J. Arnson
  • Trafficking, rents, and diaspora in the Lebanese war / Elizabeth Picard
  • The evolution of internal war in Peru : the conjunction of need, creed, and organizational finance / Cynthia McClintock
  • The criminalization of the RUF insurgency in Sierra Leone / Jimmy D. Kandeh
  • Resource wealth and Angola's uncivil wars / Philippe Le Billon
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo : structures of greed, networks of need / Erik Kennes
  • Economic resources and internal armed conflicts : lessons from the Colombian case / Marc Chernick
  • Surviving state failure : internal war and regional conflict in Afghanistan's neighborhood / Paula R. Newberg
  • Economic factors in civil wars : policy considerations / David M. Malone and Jake Sherman
  • Need, creed, and greed in intrastate conflict / I. William Zartman.

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