Civil War and Uncivil Development Economic Globalisation and Political Violence in Colombia and Beyond /

• Main Author: Maher, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Rethinking Political Violence
• Subjects: Globalization.; Peace.; Markets.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; Economic development.; Social change.; Development economics.; Conflict Studies.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Development and Social Change.; Development Economics.

This book challenges the conventional wisdom that civil war inevitably stymies economic development and that 'civil war represents development in reverse'. While some civil wars may have adverse economic effects, Civil War and Uncivil Development posits that not all conflicts have negative...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Civil War, Development and Economic Globalisation
• Chapter 2: Civil War as Development in Reverse or a Case of Historical Amnesia
• Chapter 3: Colombia: Globalisation, Economic Growth and Civil War
• Chapter 4: The Fatal Attraction of Civil War: Violence and the Oil Sector in Arauca
• Chapter 5: Rooted in Violence: The Expansion of Palm Oil in Meta
• Chapter 6: Conflict, Development and the Fluidity of Violence: Colombia and Beyond
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.