The Handbook on the Political Economy of War

Edited by Christopher Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B5 E12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781848442481
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Christopher Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers

Ch 2 Theories and Causes of War

Jack S. Levy

Ch 3 The Reasons for Wars: An Updated Survey

Matthew Jackson and Massimo Morelli

Ch 4 Can’t We All Just Get Along? Fractionalization, Institutions and Economic Consequences

Peter Leeson and Claudia R. Williamson

Ch 5 Psychological Aspects of War

Iain Hardie, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney

Ch 6 What is Guerrilla Warfare?

Anthony James Joes

Ch 7 The Economics of Torture

Pavel Yakovlev

Ch 8 Terrorism in Rational Choice Perspective

William Shughart

Ch 9 The Political Economy of Conscription

Panu Poutvaara and Andreas Wagener

Ch 10 Economic Perspectives on Civil Wars

Nathan Fiala and Stergios Skaperdas

Ch 11 Political Economy of Third World Revolutions

Misagh Parsa

Ch 12 The Arms Trade

David Kinsella

Ch 13 Arms Trade Offsets: What Do We Know?

Jurgen Brauer and John Dunne

Ch 14 The Capitalist Peace

Erich Weede

Ch 15 On the Democratic Peace

Sebastian Rosato

Ch 16 International Conflict and Leadership Tenure

Randall J. Blimes

Ch 17 A Public Choice Perspective on Defense and Alliance Policy

Bernhard Klingen

Ch 18 International Regimes and War

James Ashley Morrison and Avery F. White

Ch 19 Fixing Failed States: A Dissenting View

Justin Logan and Christopher Preble

Ch 20 Choice and Consequence in Strategies of Transitional Justice

Geoff Dancy

Ch 21 Dynamics of Military Occupation

Michael Hechter and Oriol Vidal-Aparicio

Ch 22 Three’s Company? Towards an Understanding of Third-Party Intervention Effectiveness

David Carment and Martin Fischer

Ch 23 Credible Commitment in Post-Conflict Recovery

Thomas Edward Flores and Irfan Nooruddin

Ch 24 Conflict, Credibility and Asset Prices

Gregory M. Dempster and Justin P. Isaacs

Ch 25 Disaggregated Trade Flows and International Conflict

Han Dorussen and Hugh Ward

Ch 26 Sanctions as Alternatives to War

David Cortright and George A. Lopez

Ch 27 International Negotiation and Conflict Prevention

I. William Zartman

Ch 28 The Economics of Peacekeeping

Lloyd J. Dumas

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