Economic development, inequality, and war : humanitarian emergencies in developing countries / E. Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nafziger, E. Wayne.

Contributor:

Auvinen, Juha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.

War.

Disasters--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.

Disasters.

Poverty--Political aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.

Poverty.

Social conflict--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.

Social conflict.

Profiteering--Developing countries--Case studies.

Profiteering.

War--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Econometric models.

Economic conditions.

Econometric models.

War--Economic aspects.

Social conflict--Economic aspects.

Poverty--Political aspects.

Disasters--Economic aspects.

Developing countries--Economic conditions--21st century--Case studies.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Economic conditions--21st century--Econometric models.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

"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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-230) and index.

ISBN:

1403917973

OCLC:

52208773