05501nam 2200709 a 450 991045682480332120200520144314.01-283-16035-897866131603550-85724-702-6(CKB)2550000000040036(EBL)730838(OCoLC)741492743(SSID)ssj0000630988(PQKBManifestationID)12254456(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000630988(PQKBWorkID)10591504(PQKB)11591669(MiAaPQ)EBC730838(PPN)156737043(Au-PeEL)EBL730838(CaPaEBR)ebr10482214(CaONFJC)MIL316035(EXLCZ)99255000000004003620110721d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrontiers of peace economics and peace science[electronic resource] /edited by Manas Chatterji, Chen Bo, Rameshwar Misra1st ed.Bingley, U.K. Emerald20111 online resource (232 p.)Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development,1572-8323 ;v. 16Description based upon print version of record.0-85724-701-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.FRONT COVER; FRONTIERS OF PEACE ECONOMICS AND PEACE SCIENCE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; ARMED CONFRONTATIONS, IRREVOCABLE DECISIONS, AND STABILITY IN CONFLICT; THE BARGAINING MODEL OF CONFLICT; ARMED CONFLICT AS A RISKY INVESTMENT; ALTERNATIVE MODELS; ASYMMETRY; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: PROOFS: BASIC LEMMAS; ANALYTIC NARRATIVES, GAME THEORY, AND PEACE SCIENCE; GAME MODELS AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVES: AN EASY CASE; SOME FACTORS THAT MAY COMPLICATE EXPLANATION IN LESS-THAN-EASY CASES; WHY USE GAME-THEORETIC MODELS TO CONSTRUCT AN ANALYTIC NARRATIVECODANOTES; REFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TRADITIONAL DETERRENCE GAME; INTRODUCTION; THE TRADITIONAL DETERRENCE GAME; ASSASSIN #1 AND ASSASSIN #2; ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGER; ANALYSIS OF DEFENDER; DISCUSSION; CHALLENGER'S DECISION TO THREATEN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; WHEN COSTS APPROACH INFINITY: MICROECONOMIC THEORY, SECURITY, AND DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGIES; INTRODUCTION; THE SECURITY PRODUCTION FUNCTION; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND DISASTER; MAXIMIZING SECURITY, MINIMIZING COST; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCESTHE COSTS OF CONFLICT: UK EXPERIENCE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQINTRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS; ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY; EVIDENCE ON UK MILITARY COSTS OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN CONFLICTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; ECONOMISTS' CONTROVERSIES ABOUT THE CAUSALITY BETWEEN WAR AND ECONOMIC CYCLES; THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE LINK BETWEEN ECONOMIC CYCLES AND WARS; THE CURRENT RELATION BETWEEN ECONOMIC CYCLES AND MAJOR WARS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: WARS WITHOUT SOLDIERS; INTRODUCTION; THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF DEATH; LEVELS OF MILITARY VS. NON-MILITARY FATALITIESEXPENSE AND COST FACTORSSTRUCTURAL AND MOTIVATIONAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN MILITARY AND PREVENTABLE NON-MILITARY DEATH; PERCEIVED VS. ACTUARIAL RISKS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS: PEACE SCIENCE BOUNDARIES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION; REFERENCES; MILITARY SPENDING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA, 1953-2007: A NOTE ON ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS BY USING EVIEWS; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; A GENERAL SURVEY OF CHINESE MILITARY EXPENDITURES; ESTIMATE AND MODELING; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; NEW CHALLENGES AND ''OLD BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA'': A REVIVAL OF AN IDEA OF ''COMPETITIVE COEXISTENCE''INTRODUCTION''OLD BUSINESS WITH RUSSIANS''; COMMENTS TO A FAILURE OF THE UN SUMMIT ON GLOBAL WARMING; DISCUSSION; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; REFERENCES; ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST; BRIEF INTRODUCTION; CONFLICTS AND INEQUALITY; WEALTH AND CONFLICTS; CONFLICTS AND SOME ECONOMIC VARIABLES; DATA AND MEASUREMENT; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; ''WE'RE LOSING THE FIGHT AGAINST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION''; THE FIVE ORIGINAL AND LATER FOUR NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES; HISTORICAL AND POSSIBLE FUTURE CHAINS OF PROLIFERATION; DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONSOLDER AND NEWER APPROACHES TO PREVENTING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATIONOver the last three decades, a considerable amount of work has been conducted in the field of peace studies, conflict management, peace science in economics, sociology, anthropology and management. This volume presents up-to-date, cutting-edge research by respected scholars with an emphasis on theoretical and mathematical constructs in the area of peace economics & peace science.Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ;v. 16.PeaceEconomic aspectsPeace-buildingEconomic aspectsElectronic books.PeaceEconomic aspects.Peace-buildingEconomic aspects.327.1Chatterji Manas125714Bo Chen867571Misra Rameshwar909830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456824803321Frontiers of peace economics and peace science2035951UNINA