Handbook of defense economics Volume 2: Defense in a globalized world
Vol. 2Defense in a globalized world: an introduction /Todd Sandler /Keith Hartley --Economics of defense in a globalized world /Martin C. McGuire --Economics of conflict: an overview /Michelle R. Garfinkel /Stergios Skaperdas --Civil war /Paul Collier /Anke Hoeffler --Political economy of peacekeepi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Vol. 2Defense in a globalized world: an introduction /Todd Sandler /Keith Hartley --Economics of defense in a globalized world /Martin C. McGuire --Economics of conflict: an overview /Michelle R. Garfinkel /Stergios Skaperdas --Civil war /Paul Collier /Anke Hoeffler --Political economy of peacekeeping /Binyam Solomon --Terrorism: a game-theoretic approach /Todd Sandler /Daniel G. Arce --Terrorism: an empirical analysis /Walter Enders --The political economy of economics sanctions /William H. Kaempfer /Anton D. Lowenberg --The econometrics of military arms races /J. Paul Dunne /Ron P. Smith --Arms trade and arms races: a strategic analysis /Maria D.C. Garcia-Alonso /Paul Levine --Arms industries, arms trade, and developing countries /Jurgen Brauer --Trade, peace and democracy: an analysis of dyadic dispute /Solomon W. Polachek /Carlos seiglie --New economics of manpower in the post-cold war era /Beth J. Asch /James R. Hosek /John T. Warner --The arms industry, procurement and industrial policies /Keith Hartley --Success and failure in defense conversion in the long decade of disarmament /Michael Brzoska --A survey of peace economics /Charles H. Anderton /John R. Carter. The second volume of the Handbook of Defense Economics addresses defense needs, practices, threats, and policies in the modern era of globalization. This new era concerns the enhanced cross-border flows of all kinds (e.g., capital and labor flows, revolutionary rhetoric, guerrillas, and terrorists) including the spillovers of benefits and costs associated with public goods and transnational externalities (i.e., uncompensated interdependencies affecting two or more nations). These ever-increasing flows mean that military armaments and armies are less able to keep out security threats. Thus, novel defense and security barriers are needed to protect borders that are porous to terrorists, pollutants, political upheavals, and conflicts. Even increased trade and financial flows imply novel security challenges and defenses. Globalization also underscores the importance of a new set of institutions (e.g., the European Union and global governance networks) and agents (e.g., nongovernmental organizations and partnerships). This volume addresses the security challenges in this age of globalization, where conflicts involve novel tactics, new technologies, asymmetric warfare, different venues, and frightening weapons |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xx, 607-1258 pages, l1-l26 illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0080478298 0444519106 9780444519108 9780080478296 |