TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bredel,Ralf
TI  - The ethical economy of conflict prevention and development: towards a model for international organizations 
T2  - Nijhoff eBook titles 2007
SN  - 9789047410607
AV  - HM1126 .B74 2007
U1  - 303.6 22
CY  - Boston
PB  - M. Nijhoff.
KW  - Conflict management
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - International agencies
KW  - Social conflict
KW  - Conflits sociaux
KW  - Aspect économique
KW  - Développement économique
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Gestion des conflits
KW  - Organisations internationales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and indexes; Preliminary Material -- Chapter I. Political Economy -- Chapter II. The Horizontal Inequality Approach -- Chapter III. Structure -- Chapter IV. Culture -- Chapter V. Values -- Chapter VI. Ethics -- Chapter VII. Human Rights-based Approaches to Development -- Bibliography -- Authors Index -- Subject Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Central to the current development debate is the importance of human welfare in the context of group conflict. When considering ethnic, racial and religious conflict, this debate draws us toward a 'political economy' of conflict. Moreover, notions of an economic paradigm have become prominent when international organizations debate conflict prevention. In looking closer at the political economy of conflict, this publication argues the need to assimilate into our thinking distinct social and ethical economies of conflict prevention. A social economy of conflict prevention considers the interplay of economic with structural and cultural factors in conflict, explaining a much neglected category of conflict, id est hidden conflict. The ethical economy of conflict prevention considers implicit ethical statements development practitioners use. From these statements arise ethical paradoxes that influence the evolving economic paradigm, in such way as to contradict one of its intrinsic desires, namely, to restrict conflict prevention strategies to effective technical interventions. Eventually, such narrow focus on technical interventions could identify this evolving paradigm as an 'economical' paradigm. In contrast, a rethinking of the ethical economy of conflict prevention provides a useful tool for international organizations when implementing a human rights-based approach to development and long-term conflict prevention
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004153059.i-259
ER  -