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Economic Liberalization and Political Violence: Utopia or Dystopia?

By Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín , Gerd Schönwälder

Book information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0745330649, 9780745330648
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4710891 bytes)
Pages
336\364
Time added
2013-06-30 03:08:55

Description

Globalization is lauded by some as a tool for spreading peace and prosperity, and decried by others as a harbinger of conflict and war. This book challenges both views. Narrowing down globalization to the more manageable notion of neoliberalism, Economic Liberalization and Political Violence studies the effect of neoliberalism on violent conflict and war-making. The sophisticated analysis includes statistical work and a set of qualitative case studies from Latin America (Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, and Guatemala) and sub-Saharan Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, and Uganda). The findings demonstrate that the shift to neoliberal policies has produced widely diverging outcomes in different contexts. An invaluable source for students of political economy, development studies and international relations this book shows that neoliberalism can help to end violent conflict as well as bringing about new, criminal forms of violence.

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