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States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World
Colin H. Kahl
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Description for States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World
Paperback. Argues that demographic and environmental stress - the interactions among rapid population growth, environmental degradation, inequality, and emerging scarcities of vital natural resources - represents one important source of turmoil in today's world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFE; JPB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Over the past several decades, civil and ethnic wars have undermined prospects for economic and political development, destabilized entire regions of the globe, and left millions dead. States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World argues that demographic and environmental stress--the interactions among rapid population growth, environmental degradation, inequality, and emerging scarcities of vital natural resources--represents one important source of turmoil in today's world. Kahl contends that this type of stress places enormous strains on both societies and governments in poor countries, increasing their vulnerability to armed conflict. He identifies two pathways whereby this process unfolds: state failure and ... Read more
Over the past several decades, civil and ethnic wars have undermined prospects for economic and political development, destabilized entire regions of the globe, and left millions dead. States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World argues that demographic and environmental stress--the interactions among rapid population growth, environmental degradation, inequality, and emerging scarcities of vital natural resources--represents one important source of turmoil in today's world. Kahl contends that this type of stress places enormous strains on both societies and governments in poor countries, increasing their vulnerability to armed conflict. He identifies two pathways whereby this process unfolds: state failure and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691138350
SKU
V9780691138350
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About Colin H. Kahl
Colin Kahl is assistant professor in the Securities Studies Program at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is also a consultant for the Political Instability Task Force and the Department of Defense.
Reviews for States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World
"[Kahl] describes two main paths by which extreme poverty raises the likelihood of violent conflict and the collapse of a state into lawlessness."
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Scientific American "States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife is an exemplar of cumulative social science research... Colin Kahl is a highly select class: he ranges back and forth across analysis of the natural and social worlds ... Read more
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Scientific American "States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife is an exemplar of cumulative social science research... Colin Kahl is a highly select class: he ranges back and forth across analysis of the natural and social worlds ... Read more