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Criminal conflict as collective punishment

Nakao, Keisuke; Chai, Sun-Ki - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 6 (2011) 1, pp. 5-11

crime across an ethnic or tribal border can lead to large-scale violence. Building on rational choice theory, we present …, avengers urge the target group to police itself and to suppress deviant behavior against outsiders. Drawing on historical …

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War and military spending in developing countries and their consequences for development

Collier, Paul - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 1, pp. 10-13

without jeopardizing security interests. Military expenditure does not appear to be an effective deterrent of rebellion, and …, if it is reduced in a coordinated manner across a region then external security interests would be unaffected. The …

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An economic approach to peacemaking and peacekeeping

Dumas, Lloyd J. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 2, pp. 7-12

The greatest contribution that economics can make to banishing war lies in creating conditions that help keep the peace, especially in the long run. The problem is to identify the set of conditions that will generate positive incentives for nations to keep the peace and work out a set of...

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Privatizing war and security in Afghanistan: Future or dead end?

Giustozzi, Antonio - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 1, pp. 30-34

been happy with the Afghan Security Forces and ad hoc militias and only replaced them because of political reasons or … because they felt that they were no longer needed. By contrast, the work of private security companies seems to have satisfied … money to the governments involved in the medium and long-term. Moreover, private security contractors are not subject to the …

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The British military-industrial complex in history: The importance of political economy

Edgerton, David - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 3 (2008) 1, pp. 6-10

This article highlights the until quite recently neglected political-economic thinking in matters of defense in twentieth-century Britain. It argues that retrieving such analyses from the interwar years is an excellent although partial way to get at an alternative picture of interwar defense...

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A state in denial: Britain’s WMD dependency on the United States

Plesch, Dan - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 3 (2008) 1, pp. 40-48

Britain is not an independent nuclear power. Its nuclear warheads and delivery systems depend upon American supplied management and technology and have done so since the dawn of the nuclear age. For years these matters were classified and today both governments only supply partial information....

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Foreword

Galbraith, Jamie - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 1, pp. 3-3

This piece provides a Foreword to the new journal by the chair of Economics for Peace and Security. …

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Can British defense firms diversify? The Nanoquest case and the limits to dual-use theories

Feldman, Jonathan - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 3 (2008) 1, pp. 56-63

This article investigates the case of Nanoquest, a small diversification project that was tied to BAE Systems’ earlier incarnation as British Aerospace (BAe). I show that British military firms can have success when diversifying into civilian markets, but the process can be sabotaged by...

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Improving military expenditure decisionmaking in sub-Saharan Africa

Harris, Geoff - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 5 (2010) 2, pp. 38-44

. The article attempts to answer two questions. First, how can the budget of the security sector be allocated so as to … result in effective and efficient security outcomes? Second, how can an appropriate level of military expenditure for a …

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Symposium: Palestine — an economy in conflict. An introduction to the symposium

Perlo-Freeman, Sam - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 3 (2008) 2, pp. 6-7

Provides an introduction to the symposium on Palestine

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