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It is contended that resource scarcity created by globalization's unsustainable approach to development has actually intensified the extent of inter- & intrastate conflict in developing nations. Several theories of the causes of intra-state violence are reviewed to illustrate how economic scarcity reduces cooperation between certain communities. The need to challenge the Western perception of economic growth as unlimited in potential is stressed. Analyses of interstate conflict in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, & Haiti are performed to demonstrate that competition of scarce resources does indeed cause social fragmentation & interstate violence. It is claimed that humanizing current definitions of state & national security may prevent future international conflict & that collective interests must replace state interests. J. W. Parker

It is contended that resource scarcity created by globalization's unsustainable approach to development has actually intensified the extent of inter- & intrastate conflict in developing nations. Several theories of the causes of intra-state violence are reviewed to illustrate how economic scarcity reduces cooperation between certain communities. The need to challenge the Western perception of economic growth as unlimited in potential is stressed. Analyses of interstate conflict in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, & Haiti are performed to demonstrate that competition of scarce resources does indeed cause social fragmentation & interstate violence. It is claimed that humanizing current definitions of state & national security may prevent future international conflict & that collective interests must replace state interests. J. W. Parker

The negative impact that economic scarcity has had on the lives of women & children throughout the world is addressed in terms of the feminization of resource scarcity, poverty, & violence. Current population control policies in Third World nations are criticized for not incorporating women's voices into family-planning debates; health policies in these nations are also seen as failing to address women's health needs. The particularly harmful effects that unsustainable development approaches have had on women's economic, political, & social lives are discussed. Despite these significant problems, several promising movements designed to economically & socially empower women are noted, eg, the Grameen Bank project in Bangladesh. Nevertheless, women remain the principal victims of violence in Third World nations. Recommendations for ending gendered violence & reducing economic scarcity include the need to realize that women's well-being is essential to humankind's future survival. J. W. Parker