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Economic Development, Inequality and War : Humanitarian Emergencies in Developing Countries / by E. Wayne Nafziger, Juha Auvinen

Nafziger, Estel Wayne, 1939-

Auvinen, Juha Yrjö [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Online-Ressource (XI, 244 p, online resource)

Englisch

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Map of Countries experiencing humanitarian emergencies in the 1990s; 1 A Humanitarian Emergency: War, Genocide, and Displacement; 2 Poverty, Stagnation, Unemployment, and In.ation; 3 Ethnicity, Political Economy, and Con.ict; 4 Inequality, Exclusivity, and Relative Deprivation; 5 Stagnation, Inequality, Adjustment, and Élite Interests; 6 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Military Centrality; 7 The Failure of Agriculture: Food Entitlements, Élite Violence, and Famines; 8 The Conflict over Land and Natural Resources

9 Preventing Humanitarian Emergencies: Policy ImplicationsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-4039-4376-7

978-1-349-51380-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

610654020; NLM010916687

OCoLC: 845618005     

OCoLC: 845618005 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Nationallizenz)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1057/9781403943767

QG 020      Ähnliche Literatur

JA77 ; HC59.72.D44

339.5 ; 330.9172/4 ; 338.9 ; 327.111

Basisklassifikation: 83.46 (Entwicklungsökonomie) ; 89.76 (Friedensforschung; Konfliktforschung)

bicssc: KCP ; bisacsh: POL023000 ; bicssc: JPS

SSG-Nummer(n): 3,6

*Entwicklungsländer ; Krieg      Zum Register

*Krieg ; Entwicklungsländer      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; War -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies ; Disasters -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies ; Poverty -- Political aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies ; Social conflict -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies ; Profiteering -- Developing countries -- Case studies ; War -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Econometric models ; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Econometric models ; Political economy ; International economics ; Development economics ; International economic relations.

Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian emergencies. Economic regress and political decay bring about relative deprivation, perception by social groups of injustice arising from a growing discrepancy between what they expect and get. Nafziger and Auvinen indicate that both economic greed and social grievances drive contemporary civil wars. Finally, the authors also identify policies for preventing humanitarian emergencies