Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 939 g
The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies Volume 2: Case Studies
Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 939 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-829740-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Since the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today. Although there are many political analyses of these emergencies, this two-volume work is the first comprehensive study of the economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies, identifying early measures to prevent such disasters.
Nafziger, Stewart, and Väyrynen draw on a wide range of specialists on the political economy of war and on major conflicts to show the causes of conflict. The first volume provides a general overview of the nature and causes of the emergencies, including economic, political, and environmental factors. The second volume provides detailed case studies of thirteen conflicts (including Rwanda, Burundi, the Congo, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus) that originated in the weakness of the state or where economic factors predominate. The volumes emphasize the significance of protracted economic stagnation and decline, high and increasing inequality, government exclusion of distinct social groups, state failure and predatory rule. They debunk beliefs recurrent in the literature that emergencies are the result of deteriorating environmental conditions, structural adjustment, and deep-seated ethnic animosity. By analysing the causes and prevention of war and humanitarian emergencies in developing countries, this work outlines a less costly alternative to the present strategy of the world community of spending millions of dollars annually to provide mediation, relief, and rehabilitation after the conflict occurs.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
Weitere Infos & Material
- Volume 1. The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies: War and Displacement in Developing Countries
- 1: Frances Stewart: The Root Causes of Humanitarian Emergencies
- 2: Raimo Väyrynen: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Concepts and Issues
- 3: E. Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen: The Economic Causes of Humanitarian Emergencies
- 4: James Fairhead: The Conflict Over Natural and Environmental Resources
- 5: Ashok Swain: Water Scarcity as a Source of Crises
- 6: Christian Morrisson: Stabilization Programmes, Social Costs, Violence, and Humanitarian Emergencies
- 7: Kalevi J. Holsti: Political Causes of Humanitarian Emergencies
- 8: David Keen: War, Crime, and Access to Resources
- 9: Jocelyn Alexander, JoAnn McGregor, and Terence Ranger: Ethnicity and the Politics of Conflict: The Case of Matabeleland
- Volume 2. Weak States and Vulnerable Economies: Humanitarian Emergencies in Developing Countries
- 1: E. Wayne Nafziger, Frances Stewart, and Raimo Väyrynen: Case Studies of Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: An Introduction
- 2: Barnett R. Rubin: Afghanistan: The Last Cold War Conflict, the First Post-Cold War Conflict
- 3: Philippe Le Billon and Karen Bakker: Cambodia: Genocide, Autocracy, and the Overpolitized State
- 4: Abbas Alnasrawi: Iraq: Economic Embargo and Predatory Rule
- 5: Patrick D. Gaffney: Burundi: The Long Sombre Shadow of Ethnic Instability
- 6: Peter Uvin: Rwanda: The Social Roots of Genocide
- 7: Juha Auvinen and Timo Kivimäki: Somalia: The Struggle for Resources
- 8: William Reno: Liberia and Sierra Leone: The Competition for Patronage in Resource-Rich Economies
- 9: Kisangani N. F. Emizet: Congo (Zaire): Corruption, Disintegration, and State Failure
- 10: Jeni Klugman: Kenya: Economic Decline and Ethnic Politics
- 11: Mats Lundahl: Haiti: Towards the Abyss? Poverty, Dependence, and Resource Depletion
- 12: Manuel Pastor and James K. Boyce: El Salvador: Economic Disparities, External Intervention, and Civil Conflict
- 13: Raimo Väyrynen and Leila Alieva: The South Caucasus: The Breakdown of the Soviet Empire
- 14: Raimo Väyrynen: Weak States and Humanitarian Emergencies: Failure, Predation, and Rent-Seeking
