Handbook on the Economics of Conflict

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Handbook on the Economics of Conflict is written by Derek L. Braddon and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0857930346 (ISBN 10) and 9780857930347 (ISBN 13).

The Handbook on the Economics of Conflict conveys how economics can contribute to the understanding of conflict in its various dimensions embracing world wars, regional conflicts, terrorism and the role of peacekeeping in conflict prevention. The economics of conflict is a relatively new branch of the discipline of economics. Conflict provides opportunities for applying game theory involving strategic behaviour, interactions and interdependence betweenadversaries. The Handbook demonstrates that conflict and its prevention is costly; it considers new dimensions such as ethnic cleansing, destructive power, terrorism, corruption, the impact of new technology, peacekeeping, the role of economists in defence ministries and the use of privatecontractors in conflict.