The Political Economy of Security
Hardcover
Paperback
- Price:
- $32.00/拢28.00
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- Published:
- Mar 3, 2026
- Pages:
- 256
- Size:
- 6.13 x 9.25 in.
- 3 b/w illus. 10 tables.
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In this book, Stephen Brooks provides a systematic empirical and theoretical examination of how economic factors influence security affairs. Empirically, he analyzes how economic variables of all kinds affect interstate war, terrorism, and civil war; in total, sixteen pathways are examined. Brooks shows that the relationship between economic factors and conflict is complex and multifaceted; discrete economic factors鈥攕uch as international trade, economic development, and globalized manufacturing, to name a few鈥攁re sometimes helpful for promoting peace and stability, but at other times are detrimental. Brooks also develops a stronger theoretical foundation for guiding future research on the economics-security interaction. Drawing on Adam Smith, he provides a more complete range of answers to the three key conceptual questions analysts must consider: how economic goals relate to security goals; what economic factors to focus on; and how economic actors influence security policies.
Combining an innovative theoretical understanding with empirical rigor, Brooks鈥檚 account will reshape our understanding of the political economy of security.