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Zusatztext Everyone interested in the issues and regions discussed will find considerable value in these books, which deserve a place in any serious library. Klappentext Since the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today. Although there are many political analyses of these emergencies, this two-volume work is the first comprehensive study of the economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies, identifying early measures to prevent such disasters. Zusammenfassung This two-volume work examines the causes of civil war and consequent humanitarian emergencies in developing countries. Twenty-three international experts explain why wars start and how to prevent them -- offering a less costly alternative to the present reactive strategy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume 1. The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies: War and Displacement in Developing Countries 1: Frances Stewart: The Root Causes of Humanitarian Emergencies 2: Raimo Väyrynen: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Concepts and Issues 3: E. Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen: The Economic Causes of Humanitarian Emergencies 4: James Fairhead: The Conflict Over Natural and Environmental Resources 5: Ashok Swain: Water Scarcity as a Source of Crises 6: Christian Morrisson: Stabilization Programmes, Social Costs, Violence, and Humanitarian Emergencies 7: Kalevi J. Holsti: Political Causes of Humanitarian Emergencies 8: David Keen: War, Crime, and Access to Resources 9: Jocelyn Alexander, JoAnn McGregor, and Terence Ranger: Ethnicity and the Politics of Conflict: The Case of Matabeleland Volume 2. Weak States and Vulnerable Economies: Humanitarian Emergencies in Developing Countries 1: E. Wayne Nafziger, Frances Stewart, and Raimo Väyrynen: Case Studies of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: An Introduction 2: Barnett R. Rubin: Afghanistan: The Last Cold War Conflict, the First Post-Cold War Conflict 3: Philippe Le Billon and Karen Bakker: Cambodia: Genocide, Autocracy, and the Overpolitized State 4: Abbas Alnasrawi: Iraq: Economic Embargo and Predatory Rule 5: Patrick D. Gaffney: Burundi: The Long Sombre Shadow of Ethnic Instability 6: Peter Uvin: Rwanda: The Social Roots of Genocide 7: Juha Auvinen and Timo Kivimäki: Somalia: The Struggle for Resources 8: William Reno: Liberia and Sierra Leone: The Competition for Patronage in Resource-Rich Economies 9: Kisangani N. F. Emizet: Congo (Zaire): Corruption, Disintegration, and State Failure 10: Jeni Klugman: Kenya: Economic Decline and Ethnic Politics 11: Mats Lundahl: Haiti: Towards the Abyss? Poverty, Dependence, and Resource Depletion 12: Manuel Pastor and James K. Boyce: El Salvador: Economic Disparities, External Intervention, and Civil Conflict 13: Raimo Väyrynen and Leila Alieva: The South Caucasus: The Breakdown of the Soviet Empire 14: Raimo Väyrynen: Weak States and Humanitarian Emergencies: Failure, Predation, and Rent-Seeking ...
