Economic Development, Inequality and War
Nafziger, E. Wayne; Auvinen, Juha
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Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349513802
SKU
V9781349513802
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99-15
About Nafziger, E. Wayne; Auvinen, Juha
E. WAYNE NAFZIGER is Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University, is co-editor of War, Hunger, and Displacement and The Prevention of Humanitarian Emergencies; author of numerous books and articles on development economics; and was researcher at the UN University's World Institute for Development Economics Research, the Carter Center, the East-West Center, and in Nigeria, India, Japan, and Britain. JUHA ... Read more
Reviews for Economic Development, Inequality and War
'We need a clear understanding of what causes humanitarian emergencies if we are to have any chance of taking preventive action. In this new book Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen give us a concise and authoritative view of what to look out for when trying to understand the complex causes of war and humanitarian emergency, in particular the often neglected ... Read more