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

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

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.