The Costs of Conflict - Prevention and Cure in the Global Arena

When it comes to conflict resolution, is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Leading scholars lay out an analytical and methodological framework for evaluating this question, and case studies on global hotspots from Bosnia to Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and El Salvador (among others) put it to the test.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Comparing Costs of Prevention and the Costs of Conflict: Toward a New Methodology Part 2 Failed Prevention Chapter 3 Bosnia Chapter 4 Rwanda Chapter 5 Somalia Chapter 6 Haiti Chapter 7 The Persian Gulf Part 8 Initial Prevention Chapter 9 Macedonia Chapter 10 Slovakia Chapter 11 Mid-Course Prevention Chapter 12 Cambodia Chapter 13 El Salvador Chapter 14 The Case for Conflict Prevention

About the author

Michael E. Brown is associate professor and director of research for the National Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Richard N. Rosecrance is professor of political science and director of the Center for International Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Product details

• Assisted by: Michael E. Brown (Editor), Richard N. Rosecrance (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.1999
• EAN: 9780847688937
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8893-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 647 g
• Series: Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education