We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...

Charles C. Moskos (1934-2008) / Laura Miller -- The glocalization of bereavement : bereaved families, economic discourse and the hierarchy of Israeli casualties / Udi Lebel -- Cultural and political challenges in military missions : how officers view multiculturality in armed forces / Tibor...

Economies of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives brings together recent, cutting-edge research on economic factors affecting peace and war. This important area of continuing research was the focus of an international conference held at the University of Sydney in June 2009...