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Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking

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  • Coyne Christopher J.
  • Storr Virgil Henry

    (Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)

  • Romero Michael R.

    (Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA)

Abstract

Violent conflict is a global phenomenon with devastating costs to individuals and their communities. Government experts and policymakers have responded with efforts to reduce violence and make peace. Such efforts are often implemented from the top-down, however, and are consequently limited in their peacemaking capacities. Top-down peacemaking is limited because it is typically done by community outsiders who simply lack the knowledge and capabilities to systematically plan and make peace in diverse societies throughout the world. We discuss a bottom-up alternative to peacemaking grounded in entrepreneurship. We argue that entrepreneurs make peace by (a) offering individuals a peaceful means to acquire the things they desire, (b) establishing commercial links across (social and geographic) distances, and, in so doing, (c) helping to cultivate habits of peacefulness.

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  • Coyne Christopher J. & Storr Virgil Henry & Romero Michael R., 2023. "Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 29(2), pages 97-127, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:29:y:2023:i:2:p:97-127:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2023-0019
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    Keywords

    conflict; entrepreneurship; peace; peacebuilding; peacemaking;
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    JEL classification:

    • N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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