SECURITY AND PEACE ECONOMICS

ISBN-13: 9786204207988 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str.

Uwem Essia

Opis

This book explains how violent conflicts can be prevented from becoming intractable. Today's violent conflicts motivated largely by profit-seeking are different from the pro-independence struggles of the 20th century and ideological wars that Huntington's novel book, "Clash of Civilizations" referred to. What needs to be prioritized is creating safe entry points for insurgents-warfighters to participate in re-education and rewarding work opportunities. Insurgency weakens directly as its fighting force, and the prospects of recruiting new fighters diminish. Also, transformed ex-combatants can aid the COIN operation with credible intelligence. Once the development process is rendered immune to disruptions, attaining sustainable security and positive peace become the normal situation. Moreover, the conventional civilian-managed humanitarian support spearheaded by UN agencies is no longer quite effective because aid rarely gets to the most affected areas due to insecurity. Rehabilitating victims has been the preoccupation, although needful, is less a problem now than taking concrete steps to help the insurgents-warfighters switch to productive work.

O autorze

Essia, UwemProf. Uwem Essia holds a PhD Economics degree from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He was Regional Director (2014 - 2020) of the Pan African Institute for Development - West Africa (PAID-WA) Buea, Cameroon. He equally authors the books, Leading and Managing for Excellence and Alchemy of Transforming Insurgency in the Intelligentsia Age.