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“john r carter”

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  • Airpower And The Cult Of The Offensive

    by Major John R. Carter ...
    The belief that airpower is inherently offensive is a recurrent theme throughout airpower theory and doctrine. Before World War I, dogmatic belief in the dominance of the offense in land warfare affected the military decisions which resulted in the disaster of the trenches. Termed the "cult of the offensive" by scholars, faith in offense became so unshakable in pre-1914 Europe that military ... Read more

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  • Principles of Conflict Economics

    The Political Economy of War, Terrorism, Genocide, and Peace

    by Charles H. Anderton, John R. Carter ...
    Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict and peace in two important ways. First, it applies economic concepts and models to help one understand diverse conflict activities such as war, terrorism, genocide, and peace. Second, it treats coercive appropriation as a fundamental economic activity, joining production and exchange as a means of wealth acquisition. In the ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Globalization and Armed Conflict

    by Gerald Schneider, Katherine Barbieri, Charles H. Anderton, Nathaniel Beck, John R. Carter, Han Dorussen, Erik Gartzke, Ranveig Gissinger0, NilsPetter Gleditsch1, Jack S. Levy2, Quan Li3, Edward D. Mansfield4, James D. Morrow5, John R. Oneal6, Solomon W. Polacheck7, Rafael Reuveny8, Bruce Russett9, Günther G. Schulze0, Erich Weede1, Jon C.Pevehouse2, Håvard Hegre3 ...
    Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Principles of Conflict Economics

    A Primer for Social Scientists

    by Charles H. Anderton, John R. Carter ...
    Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict in two important ways. First, it applies economic analysis to diverse conflict activities such as war, arms races, and terrorism, showing how they can be understood as purposeful choices responsive to underlying incentives. Second, it treats appropriation as a fundamental economic activity, joining production and exchange as a ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

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  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Read more

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  • International Conflict Mediation

    New Approaches and Findings

    Edited by Jacob Bercovitch, Scott Sigmund Gartner ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
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    $65.99 USD

  • Public Choice III

    by Dennis C. Mueller ...
    This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). Six new chapters have been added, and several chapters from the previous edition have been extensively revised. The discussion of empirical work in public choice has been greatly expanded. As in the previous editions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include: why the state exists, ... Read more

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  • Pillars of Prosperity

    The Political Economics of Development Clusters

    by Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson ...
    Series series The Yrjö Jahnsson Lectures
    How nations can promote peace, prosperity, and stability through cohesive political institutions"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Using the tools ... Read more

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  • All International Politics Is Local

    The Diffusion of Conflict, Integration, and Democratization

    by Kristian Skrede Gleditsch ...
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  • Understanding Development Economics

    Its Challenge to Development Studies

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  • Determinants of Democratization

    Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972–2006

    by Jan Teorell ...
    What are the determinants of democratization? Do the factors that move countries toward democracy also help them refrain from backsliding toward autocracy? This book attempts to answer these questions through a combination of a statistical analysis of social, economic, and international determinants of regime change in 165 countries around the world in 1972–2006, and case study work on nine ... Read more

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