War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict

Signi?cant political, economic, social, and environmental changeshave taken place around the world over the last decades. Amongthem, the deepening of the globalization processes since the 1970s,the adoption of democracy by a number of countries after thecollapse of the Soviet Union, and, as Gutiérre...

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Autor Principal: Baquero Melo, Jairo
Formato: Capítulo de libro (Book Chapter)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Pluto Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28572
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spelling ir-10336-285722020-08-28T15:50:24Z War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict Guerra, paz y liberalismo: un enfoque cuantitativo de la relación entre la globalización económica y el conflicto armado Baquero Melo, Jairo War Peace Liberalism Quantitative Approach Relation between Economic Globalization and Armed Con?ict Signi?cant political, economic, social, and environmental changeshave taken place around the world over the last decades. Amongthem, the deepening of the globalization processes since the 1970s,the adoption of democracy by a number of countries after thecollapse of the Soviet Union, and, as Gutiérrez (Chapter 1) stresses,the expansion and strengthening of neoliberalism. A global openingtowards a “great transformation” in Polanyi’s sense is apparent, witheconomic systems in an increasing number of countries undergoingliberal reforms, and a wider opening by countries already showinghigh degrees of liberalization.After the fall of the Berlin Wall, world economies started showingincreasing liberalization trends, democratic political systems becamestrengthened, and a loss of con?dence in the state as a developmentaltool became apparent. Armed con?icts, on the other hand, did notvanish. While some con?icts had ended before the end of the ColdWar, others have emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall, whileothers still have become protracted and have undergone changesover time.This study looks at the ways in which armed con?icts have beentransformed or affected by globalization. The possibility of “newwars” (in the sense of Kaldor, 1999) is not being considered here.This research suggests that both the introduction of neoliberalreforms and globalization have, in some ways, had an impact onarmed con?icts—those still continuing, those coming to an end, andthose that have emerged in the midst of these processes. 2010-01-01 2020-08-28T15:49:21Z info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ISBN: 9780745330631 ISBN: 9780745330648 EISBN: 9781552504826 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28572 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Pluto Press Economic Liberalization and Political Violence: Utopia or Dystopia?
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language Inglés (English)
topic War
Peace
Liberalism
Quantitative Approach
Relation between Economic Globalization and Armed Con?ict
spellingShingle War
Peace
Liberalism
Quantitative Approach
Relation between Economic Globalization and Armed Con?ict
Baquero Melo, Jairo
War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict
description Signi?cant political, economic, social, and environmental changeshave taken place around the world over the last decades. Amongthem, the deepening of the globalization processes since the 1970s,the adoption of democracy by a number of countries after thecollapse of the Soviet Union, and, as Gutiérrez (Chapter 1) stresses,the expansion and strengthening of neoliberalism. A global openingtowards a “great transformation” in Polanyi’s sense is apparent, witheconomic systems in an increasing number of countries undergoingliberal reforms, and a wider opening by countries already showinghigh degrees of liberalization.After the fall of the Berlin Wall, world economies started showingincreasing liberalization trends, democratic political systems becamestrengthened, and a loss of con?dence in the state as a developmentaltool became apparent. Armed con?icts, on the other hand, did notvanish. While some con?icts had ended before the end of the ColdWar, others have emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall, whileothers still have become protracted and have undergone changesover time.This study looks at the ways in which armed con?icts have beentransformed or affected by globalization. The possibility of “newwars” (in the sense of Kaldor, 1999) is not being considered here.This research suggests that both the introduction of neoliberalreforms and globalization have, in some ways, had an impact onarmed con?icts—those still continuing, those coming to an end, andthose that have emerged in the midst of these processes.
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author Baquero Melo, Jairo
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title War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict
title_short War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict
title_full War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict
title_fullStr War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict
title_full_unstemmed War, Peace and Liberalism: A Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Economic Globalisation and Armed Conflict
title_sort war, peace and liberalism: a quantitative approach to the relation between economic globalisation and armed conflict
publisher Pluto Press
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