Tanks and Trolleys: Why Economic Policies Matter in Security Thinking Allison Prout 62 pp £5.00 ISBN 0 85245 395 7 Quaker Books (UK)

Alison Prout explores how we could all be safer if we rethought our approach to global security, shifting the emphasis away from state at state military relations towards meeting real human needs. This book tries to provide some fresh thinking about the challenges of peace building by outlining the connection between poverty and wealth distribution and the likelihood of violent conflict. It shows how conflict aware economic polities, more and better development aid, and fair global trading systems are vital components in a human security strategy.