Gebundenes Buch

Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Prevention

Beschreibung

This edited collection by 41 accomplished scholars examines economic aspects of genocides, other mass atrocities, and their prevention. Chapters include numerous case studies (e.g., California's Yana people, Australia's Aborigines peoples, Stalin's killing of Ukrainians, Belarus, the Holocaust, Rwanda, DR Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, Colombia, Mexico's drug wars, and the targeting of suspects during the Vietnam war).

Autor

Dr. Charles H. Anderton is Professor of Economics and the W. Arthur Garrity Sr. Professor in Human Nature, Ethics and Society at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, where he has taught since 1986. His course offerings include the economics of war and peace and genocide and mass killing: perspectives from the social sciences. His research on war and peace has been published in a variety of journals and edited volumes in economics, international relations, and related fields. Dr. Jurgen Brauer is Professor of Economics, Hull College of Business, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, and Visiting Professor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Specializing in defense and peace economics, he is co-founder and co-editor of The Economics of Peace and Security Journal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 728
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1162g
• ISBN-13: 9780199378296
• ISBN-10: 0199378290
• Artikelnr.: 47865530