The Peace Formula
Voice, Work and Warranties, Not Violence
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- Author: Dominic Rohner, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Date Published: August 2024
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009438315
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Economic forces play a major role in the outbreak and perpetuation of violence, but they also hold the key for positive change. Using a non-technical and accessible style, The Peace Formula attacks a series of misconceptions about how economics has been used to foster peace. In place of these misconceptions, this book draws on rich historical anecdotes and cutting-edge academic evidence to outline the 'peace formula' – a set of key policies that are crucial ingredients for curbing armed conflict and achieving transition to lasting peace and prosperity. These policies include providing jobs (work), democratic participation (voice), and guaranteeing the security and basic functions of the state (warranties). Investigating specific political institutions and economic policies, this book provides the first easily accessible synthesis of this work and explains how 'smart idealism' can help us get the incentives of our leaders right. The stakes could hardly be higher.
Read more- Provides an evidence-based account of classic policy mistakes that – instead of fostering peace – have backfired time and time again
- Documents why politicians tend to commit policy mistakes – thereby jeopardizing sustainable peace – and what we all can do to prevent this
- Provides a synthesis of which policies “work” for fostering peace based on dozens and dozens of academic studies
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'This is an important book on the causes of violent conflict and its remedies by one of the world's foremost scholars on the topic. In writing it for a wide audience, Rohner has succeeded in giving a lucid account of the complex research quest for robust results. Past public policy errors have much to answer for: the lives of millions of poor people have been blighted due to naivety and negligence. Governments, and the voters who elected them, both need to read it.' Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Oxford University, and author of Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places
See more reviews'The number of conflicts in the world is once again climbing. In an important book, Rohner shows us that the biggest enemy to peace is over-simplistic solutions. The world needs to stop coddling unaccountable autocrats and give vulnerable people and democracies security guarantees and real investments in their futures.' Christopher Blattman, author of Why We Fight
'A pathbreaking synthesis of what we know about what causes conflict and how to stop it by the leading scholar in the field. Essential reading for the world in which we live now.' James A. Robinson, Dr Reverend Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
'a brave academic voice of hope.' Paul Collier, A TLS Book of the Year
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- Date Published: August 2024
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009438315
- length: 248 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 160 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Part I. Apocalypse No! Why We Should Care:
1. Smart Idealism and the Peace Formula: Introduction
2. Loss of Lives, Livelihoods and Love: Wars Are Not Good Business
3. Vicious Cycles of Conflict – Why Wars Today Threaten Our Future
Part II. The Logic of Evil: Why Wars Occur:
4. Poverty, Populations and Petrol: Why Do People Fight?
5. The Killer in the Boardroom: How Fighting in Funded
Part III. Give Peace a Chance! Getting Incentives Right:
6. Power to the People: Inclusive Democracy and Power-Sharing
7. State Capacity for Stability
8. Plenty Makes Peace: Education, Health and Labor Market Policies
9. Forgiving not Fighting: Fostering Trust and Reconciliation
10. A Role For All Of Us? Smart Idealism, Global Public Opinion and International Support for Peace
11. Global Coordination to Curb Conflict
Part IV. The Art of Peace: Take Home Messages:
12. Conclusion
References
Index.
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