Too Poor for Peace? Global Poverty, Conflict, and Security in the 21st Century

by Brainard, Lael; Chollet, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780815713753
• ISBN10: 0815713754
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-03
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

In a world where boundaries and borders are blurred and seemingly distant threats can metastasize quickly, the battle against global poverty has become a fight of necessity-not simply because morality demands it, but because global security does as well. Just as poverty begets insecurity, the reverse is also true. Too Poor for Peace? explores this damaging pattern of mutual reinforcement in its many different facets, bringing the latest lessons and intellectual framework to bear in the search for vehicles to improve both economic conditions and physical security. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
The Tangled Web: The Poverty-Insecurity Nexus	p. 1
Poverty Breeds Insecurity	p. 31
Poverty and Violence: An Overview of Recent Research and Implications for Foreign Aid	p. 50
Demography, Environment, and Civil Strife	p. 60
Resource and Environmental Security	p. 73
The Demographics of Political Violence: Youth Bulges, Insecurity, and Conflict	p. 90
Embracing the Margins: Working with Youth amid War and Insecurity	p. 101
The Role of Leadership in Overcoming Poverty and Achieving Security in Africa	p. 119
Operating in Insecure Environments	p. 128
Breaking the Poverty-Insecurity Nexus: Is Democracy the Answer?	p. 153
Contributors	p. 163
Index	p. 167
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