Mehrdad Vahabi: The Political Economy of Predation, Manhunting and the Economics of Escape

Mehrdad Vahabi, Maître de Conférences-HDR at the University of Paris VIII and a researcher in the Chaire Économie de Défense network, has been published by Cambridge University Press:

The Political Economy of Predation, Manhunting and the Economics of Escape

 

Content

1. Introduction
2. The meaning of predation
3. Domination, manhunting and conflictual costs and benefits
4. Rational conflict theory, paradox of war and strategic manhunting
5. Appropriation, violent enforcement and transaction costs
6. Appropriation, the state space and the economics of escape
7. Predatory nature of the state and democracy
Epilogue.

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