Political Economy of War, Armament and State Power

Jacques Fontanel ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: The links between war and the economy are historically close, both being, in turn, ends and means. In some case, civil or military war are prerequisites for economic development and a factor of economic power. In other case, it is a burden and an incitation for war. Economic warfare can also aim at weakening the military power of a state. There are two objectives to economic warfare: to coerce the enemy and to dominate the partners. The nature of "war" has changed, it is not the main concern of today's societies, but it is a recurrent threat. It no longer puts battalions on a battlefield. It is becoming diffuse, based on political and economic variables.

Keywords: war; economic war; armament; state power; effects of domination; guerre; guerre économique; armement; puissance étatique; effets de domination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-12-10
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Published in Economic transition, RECEP, Dec 2003, Moscou, Russia

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