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Wreckonomics : why it's time to end the war on everything / Ruben Andersson and David Keen

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  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Wreckonomics : why it's time to end the war on everything / Ruben Andersson and David Keen
Auteur(s)
Autre(s) auteur(s)
Publication
  • Oxford New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University press
Date de copyright
  • C 2024
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (VII-336 pages) : illustrations, graphiques ; 24 cm
ISBN
  • 978-0-19-764592-5
  • 978-0-19-764594-9
  • 0-19-764594-1
  • 978-0-19-764593-2
  • 0-19-764593-3
  • 978-0-19-764595-6
  • 0-19-764595-X
EAN
  • 9780197645925 rel.
Autre variante du titre
  • [Why it is time to end the war on everything.]
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 320.6
Note sur le titre et les responsabilités
  • Titre provenant des métadonnées fournies par l'éditeur
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [297]-324. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Crime scene investigation Wreckonomics Cold War games A life of its own : the 'War on Terror' as Frankenstein's monster Double games : fear and fraud in the fight against migration Warriors on drugs : how states got hooked on narcotics and crime The hall of mirrors : how failure became the new success Wreckonomics goes viral ? The costs of laissez-faire and lockdown Fixing the wreckage in four complex steps Waging peace : how (not) to fight the system
Résumé ou extrait
  • "In Wreckonomics, we examine the Cold War, the "war on terror", the "fight against illegal migration", and the "war on drugs and crime" through political systems analysis. We argue that these various "wars" and "fights" have frequently been damaging and even counterproductive - not least because they have been extensively "gamed" by those with varied purposes in mind. We also extend our framework to consider the costs of "laissez faire" and "lockdown" during Covid. We suggest that even as success has been loudly proclaimed and evidence has been marshaled to support this claim, it is very often precisely the belligerent response that is doing most to fuel the problem. We argue for a better appreciation of the true costs and benefits of these various wars and fights - and in particular of the way that costs have been unfairly and unevenly distributed. If the habit of fixation-and-gaming can be set aside, space can be created for the kind if dissent and political dialogue that helps to build alternative coalitions around a proper appreciation of costs." (éd.)
  • In Wreckonomics, Ruben Andersson and David Keen analyze why policies continue to live on when it has become apparent that they do not work. They show how the perverse outcomes we see in the fight against terror, migration, and drugs are part of the proliferation of pseudo-wars that have become a dangerous political habit and an endless source of profit. Covering a range of cases around the world, the authors expose and interrogate the incentive systems thatallow destructive and failed policies to remain in effect. They also develop strategies to collectively dismantle the addiction to waging war on everything
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