Economic Liberalization and Political Violence - Utopia Or Dystopia?

Informationen zum Autor Francisco Gutierrez is researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Politicos y Relaciones Internacionales. He is the co-editor of Economic Liberalization and Political Violence: Utopia or Dystopia? (Pluto, 2010). Gerd Schonwalder is the Director of Policy and Planning at IDRC, where he previously led the Peace, Conflict, and Development program. He is the co-editor of Economic Liberalization and Political Violence: Utopia or Dystopia? (Pluto, 2010). Klappentext Globalization is lauded by some as a tool for spreading peace and prosperity, and decried by others as a harbinger of conflict and war. This book challenges both views. Narrowing down globalization to the more manageable notion of neoliberalism, "Economic Liberalization and Political Violence" studies the effect of neoliberalism on violent conflict and war-making. The sophisticated analysis includes statistical work and a set of qualitative case studies from Latin America (Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, and Guatemala) and sub-Saharan Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, and Uganda). The findings demonstrate that the shift to neoliberal policies has produced widely diverging outcomes in different contexts. An invaluable source for students of political economy, development studies and international relations this book shows that neoliberalism can help to end violent conflict as well as bringing about new, criminal forms of violence. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive quantitative and qualitative study of the effect of neoliberalism on violent conflict and war-making.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco Schoenwalder Gutierrez, Gerd Gutierrez Schonwalder
• Assisted by: Francisco Gutierrez (Editor), Francisco Gutiérrez (Editor), Gerd (IDRC) Schoenwalder (Editor), Gerd Schonwalder (Editor), Gerd Schönwälder (Editor)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2010
• EAN: 9780745330648
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3064-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution