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Worst of the worst : dealing with repressive and rogue nations
- Title
- Worst of the worst : dealing with repressive and rogue nations / Robert I. Rotberg, editor.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
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- Description
- ix, 342 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Identifies and characterizes the most repressive states and singles out which are aggressive. Defines the actions constituting repression and proposes a method of measuring human rights violations, presenting an index of nation-state repressiveness. Offers a way to decide which repressive and rogue states are most deserving of strong policy attention"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Repressive, aggressive, and rogue nation-states : how odious, how dangerous? / Robert I. Rotberg -- Human rights rogues : aggressive, dangerous, or both? / Mary Caprioli and Peter F. Trumbore -- Running the numbers : a comparative perspective / Yi Feng and Saumik Paul -- North Korea : the tyranny of deprivation / Marcus Noland -- Turkmenistan under Niyazov and Berdymukhammedov / Gregory Gleason -- Burma : poster child for entrenched repression / Priscilla A. Clapp -- Winning the African prize for repression : Zimbabwe / Robert I. Rotberg -- Understanding repression in Belarus / Margarita M. Balmaceda -- Equatorial Guinea and Togo : what price repression? / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-12
- ISBN
- 9780815775669 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0815775660 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780815775676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0815775679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007023899
- OCLC
- 145145724
- Title
- Worst of the worst : dealing with repressive and rogue nations / Robert I. Rotberg, editor.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Rotberg, Robert I.World Peace Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-12