Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Summary and Lessons Learned -- Evolution of the Conflict -- The Bank's Role in Brief -- The Bank's Role in Aid Coordination -- The Bank's Role in Stabilizing, Reforming, and Rebuilding the Economy -- The...

The majority of developing countries in the Global South are rich in natural resources, but blighted by excruciating poverty and conflicts. Case study rich, this book critically explores the theories of rentier economies and natural resource conflicts, as well as the practical ramifications of...

VOLUME 1: AfricaVOLUME 2: Europe, Central Asia, and Other Regions"This is a superb manuscript, and one that will become a standard reference in the field for students of conflict and civil war." -Robert Bates, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University The two volumes of...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue. The Antebellum Labor Crisis: Organized Workers as a Force in Mid-Nineteenth-Century -- Part I. Labor, Liberty, and Union -- 1. Workers and the Crisis of Nationhood: The Social Republic, Peace, and the...