Development strategies and inter-group violence : insights on conflict-sensitive development /

Development strategies and inter-group violence : insights on conflict-sensitive development /

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Author / Creator:	Ascher, William, author.
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. ©2016
Description:	xiii, 322 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Politics, economics, and inclusive development Politics, economics, and inclusive development.
Subject:	Conflict management -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries. Economic development -- Social aspects -- Developing countries. Intergroup relations -- Developing countries. Insurgency -- Developing countries. Economic development -- Social aspects. Insurgency. Intergroup relations. Developing countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10448013

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Other authors / contributors:	Mirovit͡skai͡a, N. S. (Natalii͡a Sergeevna), author.
ISBN:	9781137555113 1137555114
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Throughout the world, development has been affected by armed violence - from civil wars and separatist struggles to explosions of religious and communal violence and terrorism. Ethnolinguistic and religious diversity, rivalries among regional groups and clans, and competing economic interests create a potential for acrimonious intergroup divisions. Yet some nations remain stable, while others, earlier touted as pillars of peaceful growth, have foundered badly. Development Strategies and Inter-Group Violence argues that economic development strategies, though embedded within a complex matrix of social and political conditions, have often shaped such different outcomes. Drawing on economic, political, and psychological theory, policy experiences, and case studies of the three regional volumes in the series (Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America; Development Strategies, Identities, and Conflict in Asia; and The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa), this book assesses the risks and opportunities of development strategies regarding the likelihood of inter-group violence. Policymakers and development practitioners will greatly benefit from this detailed and comprehensive analysis of how development initiatives may affect group identities, influence multiple disparities among groups, create "conflict-opportunity structures," and change the dynamics of state-society relations"-- "The book, relying on the case studies of the three regional volumes in the series, comprehensively assesses the risks and opportunities of development strategies in terms of the likelihood of inter-group violence"--

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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.
Physical Description:	xiii, 322 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781137555113 1137555114