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

Autorentext

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. 

Klappentext

This book challenges the conventional wisdom that civil war inevitably stymies economic development and that 'civil war represents development in reverse'. While some civil wars may have adverse economic effects, Civil War and Uncivil Development posits that not all conflicts have negative economic consequences and, under certain conditions, civil war violence can bolster processes of economic development. Using Colombia as a case study, this book provides evidence that violence perpetrated by key actors of the conflict - the public armed forces and paramilitaries - has facilitated economic growth and processes of economic globalisation in Colombia (namely, international trade and foreign direct investment), with profoundly negative consequences for large swathes of civilians. The analysis also discusses the 'development in reverse' logic in the context of other conflicts across the globe. This book will be an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and students in the fields of security and development, civil war studies, peace studies, the political economy of conflict and international relations.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Civil War, Development and Economic Globalisation
Chapter 2: Civil War as Development in Reverse or a Case of Historical Amnesia.
Chapter 3: Colombia: Globalisation, Economic Growth and Civil War.
Chapter 4: The Fatal Attraction of Civil War: Violence and the Oil Sector in Arauca.
Chapter 5: Rooted in Violence: The Expansion of Palm Oil in Meta.
Chapter 6: Conflict, Development and the Fluidity of Violence: Colombia and Beyond.
Chapter 7: Conclusion.