The handbook on the political economy of war
By: edited by Christopher J. Coyne, Rachel L. Mathers
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, Glos, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9781848442481
Subjects: Public Debts; Economic aspects; War; Cost of War
Description: By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and policy studies to address a multitude of important topics. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post-conflict reconstruction and nation building. Policymakers as well as academics and students of political science, economics, public policy and sociology will find this volume to be an engaging and enlightening read. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers; title: Theories and causes of war  -- Jack S. Levy; title: The reasons for wars: an updated survey  -- Matthew O. Jackson and Massino Morelli; title: Can't we all just get along? Fractionalization, institutions and economic consequences  -- Peter T. Leeson and Claudia R. Williamson; title: Psychological aspects of war  -- Iain Hardie, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney; title: What is guerrilla warfare?  -- Anthony James Joes; title: The economics of torture  -- Pavel Yakovlev; title: Terrorism in rational choice perspective  -- William F. Shughart II; title: The political economy of conscription  -- Paru Poutvaara and Andreas Wagener; title: Economic perspectives on civil wars  -- Nathan Fiala and Stergios Skaperdas; title: Political economy of Third World revolutions  -- Misagh Parsa; title: The arms trade  -- David Kinsella; title: Arms trade offsets: what do we know?  -- Jurgen Brauer and John Paul Dunne; title: The capitalist peace  -- Erich Weede; title: On the democratic peace  -- Sebastian Rosato; title: International conflict and leadership tenure  -- Randall J. Blimes; title: A public choice perspective defense and alliance policy  -- Bernhard Klingen; title: International regimes and war  -- James Ashley Morrison and Avery F. White; title: Fixing failed states: a dissenting view  -- Justin Logan and Christopher Preble; title: Choice and consequences in strategies of transitional justice  -- Geoff Dancy; title: Dynamics of military occupation  -- Michael Hechter and Oriol Vidal-Aparicio; title: Three's company? Towards and understanding of third-party intervention effectiveness  -- David Carment and Martin Fischer; title: Credible commitment in post-conflict recovery  -- Thomas Edward Flores and Irfan Nooruddin / -- Conflict, credibility and asset prices / -- Gregory M. Dempster and Justin P. Isaacs; title: Disaggregated trade flows and international conflict  -- Han Dorussen and Hugh Ward; title: Sanctions as alternatives to war  -- David Cortright and George A. Lopez; title: International negotiation and conflict prevention  -- I. William Zartman; title: The economics of peacekeeping -- Lloyd J. Dumas.