Civil War and Uncivil Development: Economic Globalisation and Political Violence in Colombia and Beyond (Rethinking Political Violence)

Civil War and Uncivil Development: Economic Globalisation and Political Violence in Colombia and Beyond (Rethinking Political Violence)

David Maher
$131.99
Publication Date: March 23rd, 2018
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9783319665795
Pages:
313
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Description

The first book to integrate two emerging research techniques for the study of civil war - process tracing methods and micro-level analysis

Includes unique datasets to provide novel insights into Colombia's conflict

Suggests a set of causal mechanisms that can result in economic growth in civil wars and types of mechanisms that ultimately lead to economic decline

About the Author

David Maher is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Salford, UK. His research employs a political economy framework to analyse the links between political violence (particularly civil war and terrorism) and processes of economic development, including processes of economic globalisation such as international trade and foreign direct investment.

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