This paper provides an overview of some of the key, and neglected, themes in Kenneth Boulding’s scholarship. We discuss three of his books—The Image, Stable Peace, and Three Faces of Power. These books reflect Boulding’s emphasis on individual agency, subjectivism, the nature of knowledge,...

This paper provides a critical analysis of public good justification for national defense and empire. Social scientists have made a serious error in taking the public goods approach because they have drained economics from the exercise. Liberals who have embraced the Samuelsonian logic as the...

Violent conflict is a global phenomenon with devastating costs to individuals and their communities. Government experts and policymakers have responded with efforts to reduce violence and make peace. Such efforts are often implemented from the top-down, however, and are consequently limited in...

The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, initiated in 1988 to regulate U.S. military base closures and realignments, has been through five rounds and resulted in the closure of 121 major bases. Once the government decides to close a base, the property is commonly transferred to local...

This text provides an assessment of the U.S. government's war on terror. It discusses the origins of the war, discuss whether it can be judged a success or failure, and consider some of the main effects both abroad and within the United States. It concludes with a discussion of several areas for...

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and policy studies to address a multitude of important topics. These include an analysis of why wars begin,...