The Political Economy of Armed Conflict : : Beyond Greed and Grievance / / ed. by Jake Sherman, Karen Ballentine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Ballentine, Karen,; Bray, John,; Cater, Charles,; Gunaratna, Rohan,; Guáqueta, Alexandra,; Lunde, Leiv,; Malone, David M.,; Murshed, S. Mansoob,; Regan, Anthony J.,; Ross, Michael L.,; Sherman, Jake,; Yannis, Alexandros,
• HerausgeberIn: Ballentine, Karen,; Sherman, Jake,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: A project of the International Peace Institute
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (317 p.)

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 sustainabl...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• Part 1 Economics and Conflict: Exploring the Relationship
• 2 The Political Economy of Conflict and UN Intervention: Rethinking the Critical Cases of Africa
• 3 Oil, Drugs, and Diamonds: The Varying Roles of Natural Resources in Civil War
• Part 2 Case Studies
• 4 The Colombian Conflict: Political and Economic Dimensions
• 5 Nepal: Economic Drivers of the Maoist Insurgency
• 6 The Bougainville Conflict: Political and Economic Agendas
• 7 Kosovo: The Political Economy of Conflict and Peacebuilding
• 8 Sri Lanka: Feeding the Tamil Tigers
• 9 Burma: Lessons from the Cease-Fires
• Part 3 Conclusion
• 10 Beyond Greed and Grievance: Reconsidering the Economic Dynamics of Armed Conflict
• List of Acronyms
• Selected Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book