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Conflict appears in many forms, from a dictator terrorizing his country to organized crime demanding protection money. Questions and issues addressed in this text include: the conditions which make conflict severe; whether voluntary agreements can avoid future conflict; how the outcome of one war will affect the incentives of countries to wage war in the future; and how dictators hold power. The book provides an overview of existing literature, applies the theory of conflict to new situations, and gives foundations for future work. It should interest both researchers and students studying political economy, public choice, international relations, and comparative politics.

Conflict and Governance

The wide importance of conflict.- Social identity, inequality and conflict.- Butter and guns: Complementarity between economic and military competition.- Targeting and political support for welfare spending.- How to understand, and deal with dictatorship: an economist's view.- Tax resistance, economy and state transformation in China and Europe.- The rationality of revolution.- Optimal law enforcement when victims are rational players.- Property rights and the evolution of the state.- The political economy of organized crime: providing protection when the state does not.- Social decision rules are not immune to conflict.