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 analysis | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526102058
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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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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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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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