Worst of the worst dealing with repressive and rogue nations /

"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...

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Corporate Authors: World Peace Foundation, ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Rotberg, Robert I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Washington, D.C. : World Peace Foundation ; Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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245 0 0 |a Worst of the worst  |h [electronic resource] :  |b dealing with repressive and rogue nations /  |c Robert I. Rotberg, editor. 
260 |a Cambridge, Mass. :  |b World Peace Foundation ;  |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Brookings Institution Press,  |c c2007. 
300 |a ix, 342 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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 / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry. 
520 |a "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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b Palo Alto, Calif. :  |c ebrary,  |d 2013.  |n Available via World Wide Web.  |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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