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Building a peace economy? : liberal peacebuilding and the development-security industry / by Jenny H. Peterson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New approaches to conflict analysisPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014Distributor: New York : Palgrave Macmillan Description: 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages .)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781781706848
  • 1781706840
  • 9781526102058
  • 1526102056
  • 9781526129376
  • 152612937X
  • 9780719087301
  • 0719087309
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 303.66 23
LOC classification:
  • JZ5538 .P48 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : war economies, peace economies and transformation -- War economy transformation : current policy options and issues -- Explaining the dynamics of transformation : the nature of the development-security industry -- Transforming a war economy : learning from the case of Kosovo -- Strengthening the rule of law : managing the criminal facets of war economies -- Privatisation : liberal reform and the creation of new conflict economies -- Customs reform : protecting borders, confirming statehood and transforming economies? -- The war economy transformation agenda : DSI approaches and behaviours.
Summary: This study critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence. Beginning with an overview of over a dozen policies aimed at transforming these activities into economic relationships which support peace, not war, the book then offers a sustained critique of the reasons for limited success in this policy field.
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This study critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence. Beginning with an overview of over a dozen policies aimed at transforming these activities into economic relationships which support peace, not war, the book then offers a sustained critique of the reasons for limited success in this policy field.

Introduction : war economies, peace economies and transformation -- War economy transformation : current policy options and issues -- Explaining the dynamics of transformation : the nature of the development-security industry -- Transforming a war economy : learning from the case of Kosovo -- Strengthening the rule of law : managing the criminal facets of war economies -- Privatisation : liberal reform and the creation of new conflict economies -- Customs reform : protecting borders, confirming statehood and transforming economies? -- The war economy transformation agenda : DSI approaches and behaviours.

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