2 Incentives and Disincentives for Violence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. PART ONE Approaches to the Political Economy of Civil Wars
6. 2 Incentives and Disincentives for Violence 17
7. 3 Shadow States and the Political Economy of Civil Wars 43
8. 4 Globalization, Transborder Trade, and War Economies 69
9. 5 Doing Well out of War: An Economic Perspective 91
10. 6 The Resource Curse: Are Civil Wars Driven by Rapacity or Paucity? 113
11. 7 The View from Below 137
12. PART TWO Confronting Economic Agendas in Civil Wars
13. 8 Arms, Elites, and Resources in the Angolan Civil War 155
14. 9 Targeted Financial Sanctions 173
15. 10 Aiding or Abetting? Humanitarian Aid and Its Economic Role in Civil War 189
16. 11 Shaping Agendas in Civil Wars: Can International Criminal Law Help? 205
17. Acronyms 233
18. Selected Bibliography 235
19. The Contributors 239
20. Index 243
21. About the Book 251