ISBN: 9781138933477 - defense spending, natural resources, and conflict (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, x + 135 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text and firm binding, free of inscriptions and stamps. Boards show gentle handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. --This book offers a powerful and empirically grounded account of the interplay between military expenditure, natural resource wealth, institutional quality, and conflict. Bringing together scholars in economics, political science, and policy analysis, it dissects the multifaceted ways in which the abundance - or scarcity - of natural resources shapes state behavior, political stability, and societal welfare. It draws attention to the mechanisms behind the so-called resource curse, showing that it is not resource wealth per se but the political and institutional frameworks managing it that determine whether natural riches become a catalyst for prosperity or a driver of violence and repression. With a global scope and a special focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the book begins by examining how oil wealth in rentier states fuels military build-up as a strategy for regime survival. It reveals how authoritarian regimes often divert resource revenues into arms procurement to maintain loyalty among security forces, even at the expense of social welfare. Using panel data analysis, the contributors find that forest and oil rents strongly correlate with increased defense spending, whereas coal and natural gas rents appear to have the opposite effect. This nuanced disaggregation of resource types allows for a more targeted understanding of resource-driven militarization. The volume does not treat military expenditure in isolation but analyzes its opportunity costs - most notably the crowding out of investments in health and education. Chapters exploring OECD and developing country contexts show how defense spending often diverts funds from essential public goods, exacerbating inequality and reducing long-term growth potential. The book also evaluates the effect of political regimes, public opinion, and social welfare structures on defense budgets, highlighting how democratic systems with strong institutions are more likely to restrain excessive militarization. The editors include econometric analyses and case-specific studies that examine how public preferences, regime types, aid dependency, and economic openness shape defense budgeting decisions. The collection traces how militarized responses to internal unrest and external threats are often legitimized through nationalist, developmental, or securitized rhetoric - thus complicating efforts to shift spending priorities toward sustainable development. By drawing attention to "guns versus butter" trade-offs, the book calls for a rethinking of how resource wealth is allocated and secured. It is an essential resource for scholars of political economy, development studies, peace and conflict research, and international relations. -- Contents: 1. Introduction: Defense spending, natural resources, and conflict / Hamid E. Ali; 2. Military Expenditures and Natural Resources: Evidence from rentier states in the Middle East and North Africa / Omnia A. Abdellatif; 3. Military Expenditure, Economic Growth and Heterogeneity / Nan Tian & J. Paul Dunne; 4. Does Military Spending Crowd Out Social Welfare Expenditures? Evidence from a panel of OECD countries / Eric S. Lin & Yu-Lung Lu; 5. Military Expenditures, Income Inequality, Welfare and Political Regimes: A dynamic panel data analysis / Adem Y. Elveren; 6. The Shifting Determinants of Defense Spending Preferences between 1980 And 2008 / Sencer Ecer & Nicholas J. Veasey; 7. Resource Rents, Institutions, and Violent Civil Conflicts / Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi & Raimundo Soto; 8. Resource Dependence and Armed Violence: Impact on sustainability in developing countries / Gilles Carbonnier & Natascha Wagner; Index.…

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