From Conflict to Reconstruction: Reviving the Social Contract

Tony Addison and Mansoob Murshed

No DP2001-48, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Contemporary civil wars are rooted in a partial or complete breakdown of the social contract, often involving disputes over public spending, resource revenues, and taxation. A feasible social contract gives potential rebels something akin to a transfer. When this is improbable, and the potential spoils are rich then warfare is more likely. Grievances, not just pure greed, motivate war. But peace deals can also break down when commitments are not credible. Successful reconstruction after war must rebuild the social contract.

Keywords: Public expenditures; Game theory; Poverty; Social conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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