The Economics of Regional Security: NATO, the Mediterranean and Southern Africa

by Jurgen Brauer, Keith Hartley

Overview

This important book explores the threats and challenges to regional security, for Nato, in the Mediterranean, and in the sub-Saharan countries, namely southern Africa. Written and edited by leading researchers, the volume's significance lies in its demonstration of how concepts from economics and other social science disciplines can be applied to important issues of defence, conflict and peace at the regional level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134960613
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/07/2013
Series:	Routledge Studies in Defence and Peace Economics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	348
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Jurgen Brauer, Keith Hartley

Table of Contents

Introduction; I: Nato; 1: The economics of European defense procurement; 2: The European Union and Mediterranean stability; 3: Modeling defense budget allocations; 4: Challenges to NATO in the Mediterranean and beyond; II: The Mediterranean; 5: Military tension and foreign direct investment; 6: The defense-growth relation; 7: The defense-growth relation; 8: Political and economic tensions in the western Mediterranean; 9: The Algerian drama; III: Southern Africa; 10: The economics of civil war in Mozambique; 11: The peace dividend in post-apartheid South Africa; 12: International migration and security in southern Africa; 13: South Africa and southern Africa; 14: Regional peace as an international public good