The peacekeeping economy [[electronic resource] ] : using economic relationships to build a more peaceful, prosperous, and secure world / / Lloyd J. Dumas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781711003321
• Autore: Dumas Lloyd J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-29250-5; 9786613292506; 0-300-17794-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.5/84
• Soggetti: International economic relations; Peace - Economic aspects; International relations; Security, International - Economic aspects; Disarmament - Economic aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-404) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The hopeful science -- Laying the foundations -- The core principles of economic peacekeeping -- Making it happen: building a peacekeeping economy in the "real world" -- Making it stronger: organizations and institutions -- Does globalization contribute to economic peacekeeping? -- The economic promise of demilitarized security -- Removing barriers to demilitarized security: managing the transition -- Extending demilitarized security: economic peacekeeping and nonviolent action -- Demilitarized security, development, and terrorism -- Bringing it all together: toward a more prosperous and secure world.
• Sommario/riassunto: The idea that military strength is virtually synonymous with security is deeply entrenched and widely held. But while the threat or use of military force may sometimes be necessary, it cannot keep us as safe as we would be by building relationships that replace hostility with a sense of mutual purpose and mutual gain. Economic relationships, says Lloyd J. Dumas, can offer a far more effective, and far less costly, means of maintaining security. After defining the right kind of economic ; relationship-one that is balanced and nonexploitative, emphasizes development, and minimizes environmental damage-Dumas then addresses some practical concerns in establishing and maintaining these relationships. He also considers the practical problems of the transition from military-based security arrangements to "economic peacekeeping," and the effects of demilitarized security on economic development and prosperity.