Building a peace economy? : Liberal peacebuilding and the development-security industry /

This study critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence. Beginning with an overview of over a dozen policies aimed at transforming these activities into economic relationships which support peace, not war, th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Jenny H. (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Online Access:Full text available:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : war economies, peace economies and transformation
  • War economy transformation : current policy options and issues
  • Explaining the dynamics of transformation : the nature of the development-security industry
  • Transforming a war economy : learning from the case of Kosovo
  • Strengthening the rule of law : managing the criminal facets of war economies
  • Privatisation : liberal reform and the creation of new conflict economies
  • Customs reform : protecting borders, confirming statehood and transforming economies?
  • The war economy transformation agenda : DSI approaches and behaviours.