> natural resources: UNEP's latest report
> corporate social responsibility
- United Nations Human Rights Council Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie (April 7, 2008)
- Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
- Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
- Marina A. Welker, "'CORPORATE SECURITY BEGINS IN THE COMMUNITY': Mining, the Corporate Social Responsibility Industry, and Environmental Advocacy in Indonesia," Cultural Anthropology 24 (February 2009): 142-79
> final paper topics
- Maria Ariza, “Against All Odds: The Resilience of the FARC in Colombia”
- Prakash Bhattarai, “The Power of Diaspora Funding in the Sri Lankan Civil War”
- Monica Boomer, “Gendering the Combat Economy”
Vanya Cucumanova, “Enlarging the European Union: The Changing Perceptions of Stability and Peace in the Balkans” - ReenAnn Downing, “The Troubles: The Role of the Economy and Economic Agendas in the Northern Ireland Conflict”
- Titik Firawati, “Organized Crime: A Challenge of Peace Processes”
- Jimena Holguín, “The Effects of the U.S. Military Aid ‘Plan Colombia’ on the Colombian Economy between 1999 and 2008”
- Myla Leguro, “Exploring Community-Based Alternative Economies in Indigenous Peoples Communities in Mindanao: Harnessing Mining Royalty Revenues”
- Shavkat Kasymov, “The Adverse Effects of Excessive Dependence on Natural Resources in Russia”
- Doris Kirima, “The Effect of Displacement on War Economies: A Study of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo”
- Rachel Miller, “Opening Economic Possibilities: Alternatives to Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction Theories”
- Edvard Mitevski, “Economic Incentives for International Peace-building: A Case Study of the Republic of Macedonia”
- Jean Nyembo, “Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Justice in the Congo”
- Patrick Otim, “Unintended Consequences: How Humanitarian Assistance Causes and Prolongs Conflicts”
- Shamsia Ramadhan, “Land, Power, and the Conflict in Somalia”
- Takhmina Shokirova, “The Economic Effects of Women’s Participation in Post-conflict Situations: A Case Study of Tajikistan”
- Laura Snider, “HIV/AIDS in Uganda’s Conflict”
- Sophat Soeung, “Explaining Rising Economic Inequality in Post-conflict Cambodia”
- Samuel G. Toe, “The Role of Pre-War Trade and International Aid in the Making of War Economies: The Case of Liberia”
- Christina Woolner, “The Economics of Reconciliation: Urban Development, Inequality and Civil Unrest in Post-Apartheid Cape Town”
> special issue of Development Dialogue: Postneoliberalism–A Beginning Debate
> visualizing one billion dollars. . .
> Michael Klare, "A Pandemic of Economic Violence"
> Chalmers Johnson, "The Looming Crisis at the Pentagon: How Taxpayers Finance Fantasy Wars"
> funding the Canadian military [article]
Christina Woolner: "The Canadian government is set to table a new budget on Tuesday, and I think the implicit assumptions that underlie this article are interesting in regards to the readings for this week [week 2]. There are some interesting links to the right of the article, especially one that examines the fiscal impact of Canada's involvement in Afghanistan."
> special issue of Third World Quarterly, "War, Peace and Progress: Conflict, Development, (In)Security and Violence in the 21st Century" (volume 30, issue 1, February 2009)
including: Marcus Taylor, "Displacing Insecurity in a Divided World: Global Security, International Development and the Endless Accumulation of Capital" (pp. 147-62)
> Global Investment Watch, Blood Coltan [film]
> Alma Marin, "The Unbearable Lightness of Wartime Cuisine," Gastronimica 5 (Spring 2005): 26-36 [pdf]
> National Geographic, Blood Diamonds (Diamonds of War) [film]
> special issue of Food, Culture, and Society, "Food and War" (volume 10, number 2, Summer 2007)
including:
Ellen Messer and Marc J. Cohen, "Conflict, Food Insecurity and Globalization" (pp. 297-315)
Mustafa Koc, Rupen Das, and Carey Jernigan, "Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Iraq: The Impact of War and Sanctions on the Civilian Population" (pp. 317-348)