Economics of Killing How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World

Name: Economics of Killing How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World
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ISBN: 9780745332253

ISBN-10: 0745332250

ISBN-13: 9780745332253

Edition: 2012

Authors: Vijay Mehta

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Globalization has created an interconnected world, but has not diminished violence and militarism.The Economics of Killingdescribes how the power of global elites, entrenched under globalization, has created a deadly cycle of violence. In this groundbreaking work, Vijay Mehta shows how attempts at peaceful national development are routinely blocked by Western powers. He centers the 2008 financial crisis in US attempts to block China's model of development. He shows how Europe and the US conspire with regional dictators to prevent countries from developing advanced industries, and how this system has fed terrorism. Mehata argues that a different world is possible, based on policies of…

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List price: $163.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 2/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.46" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Vijay Mehta is an author and peace activist. He is Chair of Uniting for Peace and founding trustee of the Fortune Forum charity. His books include The Fortune Forum Code: For a Sustainable Future (2006), Arms No More (2005), and The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century (2005).



Acknowledgement


Foreword


Introduction



Military Industrial Complex ï¿½€" Power, Myths, Facts and Figures



How the Westï¿½€TMs Addiction to Arms Sales Caused the 2008 Structural Financial Crisis



What is the Military Industrial Complex?



The Culture of Militarism and Global Northï¿½€TMs Power of Definition



Europe and the Remaking of the Middle East



Military Spending and Its Ill Effects



Negative effects of conflicts on global, human security, refugees, forced migrations and urbanisation



War and its Ill Effects on Health, Environment, and Development



The Folly of Chronic Wars ï¿½€"For Profit, Resources and Domination ï¿½€" More Weapons ï¿½€" More Wars ï¿½€" More Profits



Terrorism and Non-State Actors, and How to Make Them Stop



China's Periphery ï¿½€" The Military-Industrial Mess That Could Destroy a Bright Future



The Emerging Conflicts ï¿½€" Other Future Fault-lines of the World



A New Vision, A New Beginning In A New Millennium ï¿½€" A Practical Way Of Reducing Arms, Armies And Wars For The Survival Of The Humanity



Averting Disaster ï¿½€" What Type of Global Security Architecture Fits in Todayï¿½€TMs World?



Replacing Military Industrial Complex ï¿½€" Making 21st Century the Century of Soft Power


Epilogue: The Path Ahead


Notes


Index