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This edited volume addresses the broader aspects of the political
and social landscape, human rights violations, accountability and
advocacy efforts, and humanitarian challenges faced by the Rohingya
from Myanmar. The work brings together different voices of legal,
policy, and international affairs experts to construct a framework
which addresses the complex and nuanced issues comprising the
Rohingya crisis. Although there is recognition that international
legal mechanisms are moving forward more quickly than anticipated,
these processes do not constitute standalone sustainable solutions.
Myanmar's myriad political, social cohesion, development and
security challenges are likely to persist even as justice and
accountability processes move forward. Thus, this book project is
premised on the consensus that the international community should
complement international justice mechanisms by looking toward
creative and multi-faceted approaches in addition to justice and
accountability. This timely contribution will be of interest to
academics, researchers, development practitioners, and human rights
organizations.
This edited volume addresses the broader aspects of the political
and social landscape, human rights violations, accountability and
advocacy efforts, and humanitarian challenges faced by the Rohingya
from Myanmar. The work brings together different voices of legal,
policy, and international affairs experts to construct a framework
which addresses the complex and nuanced issues comprising the
Rohingya crisis. Although there is recognition that international
legal mechanisms are moving forward more quickly than anticipated,
these processes do not constitute standalone sustainable solutions.
Myanmar's myriad political, social cohesion, development and
security challenges are likely to persist even as justice and
accountability processes move forward. Thus, this book project is
premised on the consensus that the international community should
complement international justice mechanisms by looking toward
creative and multi-faceted approaches in addition to justice and
accountability. This timely contribution will be of interest to
academics, researchers, development practitioners, and human rights
organizations.
Political economy - the original name for economics in its entirety
- has in recent years witnessed a semantic broadening to include
some of the preoccupations of classical economics. This intriguing
collection of contributed work is concerned mainly with
developments in the neo-classical tradition and examines the role
played by rational choice in the decision-making processes of firms
and the State. With contributions from leading scholars including
Tony Addison, Bruno Frey and Alan Rugman, this book is an important
addition to the field of Political Economy and should become
essential reading for all economists as well as policy makers.
Political economy - the original name for economics in its entirety - has in recent years witnessed a semantic broadening to include some of the preoccupations of classical economics. This intriguing collection of contributed work is concerned mainly with developments in the neo-classical tradition and examines the role played by rational choice in the decision-making processes of firms and the State. With contributions from leading scholars including Tony Addison, Bruno Frey and Alan Rugman, this book is an important addition to the field of Political Economy and should become essential reading for all economists as well as policy makers. eBook available with sample pages: 0203167309
Using the rational choice approach, Syed Mansoob Murshed analyses
the motivations behind civil war and identifies growth and
institutional failure as catalysts of the greed and grievance that
characterise the onset and persistence of civil war. This book
explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure
and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to
conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional
mechanisms of restraint that can be labeled the 'social contract'
are crucial for violent conflict avoidance. The reasons
underpinning the instability of treaties ending civil wars,
post-conflict reconstruction issues, liberal peace theory, and how
globalization and conflict relate are also examined. Explaining
Civil War will be of interest to development economists and
political scientists, as well as to students and researchers of
political economy and conflict studies.
The resource curse, or paradox of plenty, refers to the
long-established notion central in development economics that
countries rich in natural resources, particularly minerals and
fuels, perform less well economically than countries with fewer
natural resources. In other words, resources are an economic curse
rather than a blessing. This short primer explores the complexities
of this idea and the debates that surround it, in particular under
what conditions the resource curse might operate, if not universal.
Discussion ranges over the nature of resource booms, the benefits
and costs of export-led growth, the problems of deindustrialization
and manufacturing base erosion, rent-seeking behaviour and
corruption and the empirical evidence of the effects of natural
resource dependence on growth. The book also considers the links
between resource rents and the risk of conflict and civil war. The
treatment draws throughout on a range of illustrative examples from
across the developed and developing world and offers an
authoritative introduction to one of the most perplexing issues for
economic growth.
Syed Mansoob Murshed has been at the forefront of research in the
rational choice approach to conflict. His pioneering work over many
years has demonstrated that armed conflict is inseparable from
inequality and economic development. This book brings together
Murshed's key economic writings on conflict and includes work on
conflict causation, sustaining peace agreements, the relationship
of conflict and economic progress, the trade-conflict nexus, the
effects of conflict on financial deepening and fiscal capacity, as
well as case studies of everyday violence and transnational
terrorism. The essays cover both theoretical ideas, critical
literature reviews, mathematical modelling, and crossnational and
subnational econometric empirical analysis. The enduring nature of
war and conflict and uneven economic outcomes make Murshed's work
of lasting significance.
The resource curse, or paradox of plenty, refers to the
long-established notion central in development economics that
countries rich in natural resources, particularly minerals and
fuels, perform less well economically than countries with fewer
natural resources. In other words, resources are an economic curse
rather than a blessing. This short primer explores the complexities
of this idea and the debates that surround it, in particular under
what conditions the resource curse might operate, if not universal.
Discussion ranges over the nature of resource booms, the benefits
and costs of export-led growth, the problems of deindustrialization
and manufacturing base erosion, rent-seeking behaviour and
corruption and the empirical evidence of the effects of natural
resource dependence on growth. The book also considers the links
between resource rents and the risk of conflict and civil war. The
treatment draws throughout on a range of illustrative examples from
across the developed and developing world and offers an
authoritative introduction to one of the most perplexing issues for
economic growth.
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