Frontiers of peace economics and peace science [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manas Chatterji, Chen Bo, Rameshwar Misra

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1
• Soggetto topico: Peace - Economic aspects; Peace-building - Economic aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ChatterjiManas BoChen MisraRameshwar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 NARRATIVE ; CODANOTES; 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; REFERENCES ; THE 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 FATALITIES ; EXPENSE 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 WEAPONS ; OLDER AND NEWER APPROACHES TO PREVENTING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
• Sommario/riassunto: Over 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Frontiers of peace economics and peace science
• ISBN: 1-283-16035-8; 9786613160355; 0-85724-702-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456824803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development ; ; v. 16.