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Author Ascher, William, author

Title Development strategies and inter-group violence : insights on conflict-sensitive development / William Ascher and Natalia Mirovitskaya
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Politics, economics, and inclusive development
Politics, economics, and inclusive development.
Contents PART I: HOW TO THINK ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND CONFLICT -- 1. Development Strategies and violence -- 2. Psychology of conflict and development -- PART II: VARIETIES AND IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES -- 3. The perils of liberalization: Prices, market access, and privatization -- 4. Pitfalls of macroeconomic decisions -- 5. Grabbing assets and oppertuities -- 6. Favoring sectors -- 7. Social services and societal fragility -- 8. Challenges of regional development -- 9. Confrontations over natural resources -- 10. Resettlement strategies: For better or for worse -- 11. Decentralization: Shifting the locus of conflict -- PART III: CONNECTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- 12. Development-violence Pathways
Summary Although many scholars and practitioners recognize that development and conflict are intertwined, there is much less understanding of the mechanisms behind these linkages. This book takes a new approach by critically examining how various development strategies provoke or help prevent intrastate violence, based on cases from all developing regions
Notes "Prepared under the auspices of the Pacific Basin Research Cetner, Soka University of America."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 16, 2016)
Subject Conflict management -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
Economic development -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
Intergroup relations -- Developing countries
Insurgency -- Developing countries
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Economic development -- Social aspects
Insurgency
Intergroup relations
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Mirovit︠s︡kai︠a︡, N. S. (Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna), author.
ISBN 9781137555120
1137555122