Building a Peace Economy? - Liberal Peacebuilding and the Development-Security Industry

Critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence

List of contents

1. Building a liberal peace economy: the development-security industry (DSI)
2. War economy transformation: current policy options and issues
3. Explaining the dynamics of transformation: the nature of the DSI
4. Transforming a war economy: learning from the case of Kosovo
5. Strengthening 'rule of law': managing the criminal facets of war economies
6. Privatization: liberal reform and the creation of new conflict economies
7. Customs reform: protecting borders, confirming statehood & transforming economies?
8. The war economy transformation agenda: DSI approaches and behaviours
Bibliography
Annex A: List of interviewees
Index

About the author

Jenny H. Peterson is Lecturer in Humanitarian and Conflict Response at the University of Manchester

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Peterson, Jenny H Peterson, Jenny H. Peterson, Peterson Jenny H.
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9780719087301
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8730-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis; New Approaches to Conflict Ana; New Approaches to Conflict Analysis; New Approaches to Conflict Ana
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Political Economy, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, war economies; liberal peacebuilding; development; security