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Conflict Profiteers: Additional Resources
These references supplement the Knowledge Base Essay, Conflict Profiteers.
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Additional Explanations of the Underlying Concepts:
Online (Web) Sources
"Profiteering and Patriotism." International Herald Tribune , 1900 Available at: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1217-08.htm [Backup Link] Stewart, Frances. Root Causes of Violent Conflict in Developing Countries. Available at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7333/342 [Backup Link] This piece discusses cultural and economic factors existing in developing countries, which the author believes predispose populations in developing countries to violent conflict. "The War Profiteers." , 1900 Available at: http://www.peaceaware.com/cic_documents/war-profiteers.htm [Backup Link] "War Profiteer." , 1900 Available at: http://www.fact-index.com/w/wa/war-profiteer.html [Backup Link] War Profiteering from Vietnam to Iraq. Available at: http://www.counterpunch.org/carter12112003.html [Backup Link] War Profiteers Issue Library. Available at: http://warprofiteers.com/article.php?list=type&type=4 [Backup Link]
Offline (Print) Sources
Kriesberg, Louis. Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution, 2nd Edition. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, November 2002. This volume discusses the catalysts and phases of conflict as well as the processes of conflict resolution. It identifies the complexities of constructive conflicts and outlines case studies of intractable conflict moving towards resolution.
Audiovisual Materials on this Topic:
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An American Ism: Joe McCarthy . Directed and/or Produced by: Silber, Glenn. First Run Icarus Films. 1978. This film relates how Senator Joseph McCarthy benefited from escalating the anti-communist/communist political conflict. Primary Link [Backup Link] Profits of Punishment. Directed and/or Produced by: Scott, Catherine and Pat Fiske. First Run Icarus Films. 2001. This film takes a critical look at the prison industry, and its ever increasing drive towards privatization. Primary Link [Backup Link] Societies Under The Influence . Directed and/or Produced by: Gutierrez, German. First Run Icarus Films. 1998. This film questions the motives behind US drug polices that have caused incarceration rates to soar, because higher incarceration rates equate higher levels of governmental spending on prisons that are increasingly being privatized. Primary Link [Backup Link] |
