The economics of violence : how behavioral science can transform our view of crime, insurgency, and terrorism /
Gary M. Shiffman.
Bok Engelsk 2020 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2020).. - Cover -- Half-title -- Epigraph -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Violence -- 2 The Human Condition -- Human Behavior -- Modeling Human Behavior -- Where Violence Comes From -- Kinship and Radicalization -- Firms -- Bandits and Governors -- 3 Organized Crime -- Pablo Escobar -- The Cosa Nostra -- Escobar's Competitive Market -- Escobar and his Medellín Firm -- The Logic of Criminal Violence -- Loyalty and Defection -- Governing by Organizing Other Organizations -- Terrain -- Violence -- The Negotiated End -- Prison as Safe Haven -- Time Inconsistency -- The Size of the Market -- 4 Insurgency -- Joseph Kony -- Crime ≈ Insurgency -- Kony's Lord's Resistance Army and Child Soldiers -- The Economy of the Rebellion -- Sexual Violence as a Political Tool -- Other-Than-Monetary Rewards -- Crime ≈ Insurgency ≈ Terrorism -- Thought Experiment: Revisiting the Cosa Nostra Narrative -- 5 Terrorism -- The Damage of Definition -- Osama bin Laden -- The Services Bureau -- Building a Firm -- Religion, Terrorism, and Economics -- Managing Radicalism -- Thought Experiment: Voodoo Donuts -- Bin Laden's Bonds and the Firm within the Firm: Al Qaeda -- Bin Laden's Safe Haven and the Market for Loyalty -- Marketing and the Violent Firm -- 6 The Rise of the Islamic State in Al Qaeda's Market -- The Emergence of ISIS in the Market -- How We Perceive ISIS -- Abu Bakr al Baghdadi -- Camp Bucca and Radicalization -- Al Baghdadi's Rise and the Emergence of ISIS -- The Religious Narrative, Focality, and Recruitment -- IS Implications for Policy -- 7 Conclusions and Prescriptions -- Where Violence Comes From -- How to Improve Security -- 1 Analyze Like a Business Executive -- 2 Define Victory in Market Terms -- 3 Fight Like an Entrepreneur -- Final Thoughts -- Glossary of Terms -- Notes.. - Introduction -- 1 Violence -- 2 The Human Condition -- 3 Organized Crime -- 4 Insurgency -- 5 Terrorism -- 6 The Rise of the Islamic State in Al Qaeda's Market -- 7 Conclusions and Prescriptions -- Final Thoughts -- Index.. - How do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book begins with the idea that humans are more predictable than we like to believe, and this ability to model human behavior applies equally well to leaders of violent and coercive organizations as it does to everyday people. Humans ultimately seek survival for themselves and their communities in a world of competition. While the dynamics of 'us vs. them' are divisive, they also help us to survive. Access to increasingly larger markets, facilitated through digital communications and social media, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as behavioral scientists, then we can also better structure our institutions to create policies that make the world a more secure place, for us and for future generations.
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| ISBN | 1-316-13607-8
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