Economic Instruments of Security Policy: Influencing Choices of Leaders

by Gary Shiffman and Kathy Rudy

Can policy makers achieve national security goals through economic tools? Can state conflicts be fought out in economic battlefields? How do you stabilize and rebuild a country recently defeated in military combat? Can security aims be accomplished using economic policy tools - tools short of military action? National security questions are fundamentally economic. National governments have at their disposal many economic instruments used for national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403949646
• ISBN13: 9781403949646
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Great Read

Told with enthusiasm and verve, Economic Instruments of Security Policy, is an illuminating discussion of an important area of research. It represents a substantial contribution to our understanding of the economic realities of our world and draws together investigations of some of the most outstanding pieces of evidence that are of prime relevance to us all.

Fills a gaping void

Although other books discuss sanctions, trade, and aid, there seem to be few others that combine these elements and do so in the digestible framework of "instruments." Policymakers, economists, and International Relations students would be wise to pick up this book to arm themselves for policy discussions. The tone of the book makes for easy reading and the book does a great job of driving home its central message; that the relationship between leaders' incentives and economic tools is worthy of attention. The author delivers his message in a non-dogmatic yet clear fashion.