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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.
ISBN
9780815775669 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815775660 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815775676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815775679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
Physical 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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 24, 2007
Bibliography
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Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott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.
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