Economics of Regional Security - Nato, the Mediterranean and Southern Africa

This important book explores the threats and challenges to regional security, for Nato, in the Mediterranean, and in the sub-Saharan countries, namely southern Africa. Written and edited by leading researchers, the volume's significance lies in its demonstration of how concepts from economics and other social science disciplines can be applied to important issues of defence, conflict and peace at the regional level.

List of contents

Introduction; I: Nato; 1: The economics of European defense procurement; 2: The European Union and Mediterranean stability; 3: Modeling defense budget allocations; 4: Challenges to NATO in the Mediterranean and beyond; II: The Mediterranean; 5: Military tension and foreign direct investment; 6: The defense-growth relation; 7: The defense-growth relation; 8: Political and economic tensions in the western Mediterranean; 9: The Algerian drama; III: Southern Africa; 10: The economics of civil war in Mozambique; 11: The peace dividend in post-apartheid South Africa; 12: International migration and security in southern Africa; 13: South Africa and southern Africa; 14: Regional peace as an international public good

About the author

Jurgen Brauer, Keith Hartley

Summary

This important book explores the threats and challenges to regional security in three areas: Nato, the Mediterranean, and in the sub-Saharan countries - namely southern Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Jurgen Brauer, Jurgen Hartley Brauer, Brauer Jurgen, Keith Hartley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138012257
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01225-7
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Routledge Studies in Defence and Peace Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Business & management