- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- 1 On the Economics of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Prevention
- 2 “A Crime Without a Name”
- 3 Datasets and Trends of Genocides, Mass Killings, and Other Civilian Atrocities
- 4 The Demography of Genocide
- 5 The Macroeconomic Toll of Genocide and the Sources of Economic Development
- 6 Genocide and Mass Killing Risk and Prevention
- 7 Incentives and Constraints for Mass Killings
- 8 Genocide
- 9 The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
- 10 Development and the Risk of Mass Atrocities
- 11 Who Stays and Who Leaves During Mass Atrocities?
- 12 Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
- 13 “For Being Aboriginal”
- 14 Identity and Incentives
- 15 The Economics of Genocide in Rwanda
- 16 Peace and the Killing
- 17 Gender and the Genocidal Economy
- 18 On the Logistics of Violence
- 19 Strategic Atrocities
- 20 From <i>Pax Narcótica</i> to <i>Guerra Pública</i>
- 21 Long-Term Economic Development in the Presence of an Episode of Mass Killing
- 22 Economic Foundations of Religious Killings and Genocide with Special Reference to Pakistan, 1978–2012
- 23 Understanding Civil War Violence through Military Intelligence
- 24 Economic Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 25 Business in Genocide
- 26 Valuing Lives You Might Save
- 27 Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 28 Local and National Democracy in Political Reconstruction
- Name Index
- Subject Index
The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
- Chapter:
- (p.211) 9 The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
- Source:
- Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Preventions
- Author(s):
Patricia Justino
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter proposes a conceptual framework to understand the economic causes and effects of genocides and mass atrocities at the level of individuals, households, and communities (the microlevel). It is argued that these effects are largely shaped by their distributional dimension. Targeting of individuals in cases of mass atrocities often is the result of either perceived or real conflicts over the distribution of power and resources in society. This targeting, in turn, may result in profound changes in the way in which resources and power will be distributed across society. The chapter reviews recent advances in the literature on the microeconomic causes and consequences of armed conflict in general, particularly by drawing on the civil war–related literature. It then grafts that discussion onto the distributional dimensions of mass atrocities such as genocides and concludes by proposing new directions for research.
Keywords: genocide, mass killing, microlevel, economics, resource distribution
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- 1 On the Economics of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Prevention
- 2 “A Crime Without a Name”
- 3 Datasets and Trends of Genocides, Mass Killings, and Other Civilian Atrocities
- 4 The Demography of Genocide
- 5 The Macroeconomic Toll of Genocide and the Sources of Economic Development
- 6 Genocide and Mass Killing Risk and Prevention
- 7 Incentives and Constraints for Mass Killings
- 8 Genocide
- 9 The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
- 10 Development and the Risk of Mass Atrocities
- 11 Who Stays and Who Leaves During Mass Atrocities?
- 12 Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
- 13 “For Being Aboriginal”
- 14 Identity and Incentives
- 15 The Economics of Genocide in Rwanda
- 16 Peace and the Killing
- 17 Gender and the Genocidal Economy
- 18 On the Logistics of Violence
- 19 Strategic Atrocities
- 20 From <i>Pax Narcótica</i> to <i>Guerra Pública</i>
- 21 Long-Term Economic Development in the Presence of an Episode of Mass Killing
- 22 Economic Foundations of Religious Killings and Genocide with Special Reference to Pakistan, 1978–2012
- 23 Understanding Civil War Violence through Military Intelligence
- 24 Economic Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 25 Business in Genocide
- 26 Valuing Lives You Might Save
- 27 Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 28 Local and National Democracy in Political Reconstruction
- Name Index
- Subject Index
