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MPCT 303-4: Economic development, war and peace
Lectured by: Carl-Erik Schulz, Professor of Economics
email: , phone: 77645553
office: NFH, A404
This module will concentrate on how economic analysis can add to the understanding of war and peace. It is obvious that economic interests and economic strength and performance are crucial to understand the causes of war, the duration of wars and the building of peace. Many of these arguments are included in the modules on history and political science in the masters programme, and will only be surveyed in this module.
The module will focus on the studies of civil war. Economic theories to understand international conflicts and war. Three aspects of civil war are studied:
- The causes of civil war
- The logic and duration of civil war
- The building of peace after civil war
For all three aspects we study the economics of war. Is war mainly caused by greed, or is grievance the dominating moving force? Which factors decide on the duration of war? Will globalisation support the struggle to avoid wars, or is economic globalisation one of the factors that keeps the factions alive? Will economic aid only fuel the fighting, or is aid one of the important factors in peace-building?
Preliminary plan for the lecturing
Monday 1 September 12.15-14.00 Introduction
Read: Berdal&Malone (B&M), Chapter 1,
Friday 6 September 12.15-14.00
Economics reasons for civil war
Read: B&M Chapter 2&3
Collier: Economic causes of civil conflicts….
Monday 9 September 12.15-1400
Seminar 14.15 Greed and war
Read: Mehlum & Moene: Contested Power …
Azam: The redistributive state….
Friday 20 September 12.15-14.00
Globalisation and war.
Read: B&M Ch 4. Barbieri:…
Monday 23 September 09.15-11.00
Seminar 14.15 Prolonged civil wars. Resources and war. Read: B&M Chapters 5-7
Wednesday 25 September 09.15-11.00h (C1003)
Out of civil war.
Read: B&M Chapters 8-10.
Collier: On the economic consequences…
Boyce:…..
Friday 27 September 09.15-11.00
Theorizing about conflict. Read: Hirschleifer.
All text references are to the syllabus for the course.
Main text:
Mats Berdal and David M. Malone (eds.): Greed and Grievance. Economic Agendas in Civil Wars. The Chapters 1-10. Lynne Rienner publishers, Boulder and London 2000. ISBN 1-55587-868-7 (pbk) 203 p
* J. Hirschleifer: Theorizing about Conflict. In: K.Hartley and T Sandler: Handbook of Defense Economics. Vol.1 North Holland, Amsterdam 1995 23 p
* K. Barbieri and G. Schneider: Globalization and Peace: Assessing New Directions in the Study of Trade and Conflict. Journal of Peace Rersearch, vol. 36, no 4, 1999, pp 387-404 [18 p]
* J.-P. Azam: The Redistributive State and Conflicts in Africa. Journal of Peace Research, Vol 38 no 4, 2001, pp 429-444 [16 p]
* H. Mehlum and K O Moene: Contested Power and Political Instability. Working Paper, Department of Economics, University of Oslo , 5 June 2002. 21 p
* P. Collier: Economic Causes of Civil Conflicts and their Implications for Policy. Working Paper, World Bank 15 June 2000. 23 p
* P. Collier: On the Economic Consequences of Civil War. Oxford Economic Papers 51 (1999), pp 168-83. 16 p
* J.K. Boyce: Beyond Good Intentions: External Assistance and Peace Building. In: S. Forman and S Patrick (eds.): Good Intentions – Pledges of Aid for Postconflict Recovery. Lynne Rienner Publ. Boulder/London 2000. 16 p
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