Economic development, inequality and war : humanitarian emergencies in developing countries

Author(s)

• Nafziger, E. Wayne
• Auvinen, Juha

Bibliographic Information

Economic development, inequality and war : humanitarian emergencies in developing countries

E. Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Note

Bibliography: p. 209-230

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian emergencies. Economic regress and political decay bring about relative deprivation, perception by social groups of injustice arising from a growing discrepancy between what they expect and get. Nafziger and Auvinen indicate that both economic greed and social grievances drive contemporary civil wars. Finally, the authors also identify policies for preventing humanitarian emergencies.

Table of Contents

A Humanitarian Emergency: War, Genocide, and Displacement Poverty, Stagnation, Unemployment, and Inflation Ethnicity, Political Economy, and Conflict Inequality, Exclusivity, and Relative Deprivation Stagnation, Inequality, Adjustment, and Elite Interests Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Military Centrality The Failure of Agriculture: Food Entitlements, Elite Violence, and Famines The Conflict over Land and Natural Resources Preventing Humanitarian Emergencies: Policy Implications

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA65191076
• ISBN:
  • 1403917973
• LCCN: 2003050915
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 244 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC59.72.D44
  • DC21 : 330.9172/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : War -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Disasters -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Poverty -- Political aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Social conflict -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Profiteering -- Developing countries -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies
  • LCSH : War -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Econometric models
  • LCSH : Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Econometric models