1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001346329707536

Autore

Illich, Ivan

Titolo

Nemesi medica : l'espropriazione della salute / Ivan Illich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Milano] : Macro Edizioni ; Como : Red, 1991

Descrizione fisica

287 p. ; 22 cm.

Collana

Le radici del futuro ; 3

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Assistenza sanitaria - Aspetti sociali

Medicina - Aspetti sociali

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970690803321

Autore

Gros Jean-Germain <1964->

Titolo

State failure, underdevelopment, and foreign intervention in Haiti / / Jean-Germain Gros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

9786613461971

9781136593307

1136593306

9781283461979

1283461978

9780203182703

0203182707

9781136593314

1136593314

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in North American politics ; ; 4

Disciplina

972.9407/3

Soggetti

Failed states - Haiti

Economic assistance - Haiti

Technical assistance - Haiti

Haiti Politics and government



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; State Failure,Underdevelopment, and Foreign Intervention in Haiti; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Making Sense of the Failed State; 3. The Haitian Failed State in Historical Perspective; 4. A Rational-Choice Theory of Duvalierism; 5. In the Spiral of Anarchy: Post-Duvalier Haiti and Foreign Intervention; 6. Tectonic Plates, Anemic State; 7. Remaking the (Haitian) Failed State: Theoretical and Policy Considerations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Failed states are a huge problem in international relations, threatening world order in a number of ways. Conflicts in failed states often spill unto neighbouring states, failed states make for unreliable partners in the resolution of global social problems such as poverty and AIDS, and failed states magnify the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. In response to the multiple threats posed by failed states, working states, sometimes acting alone sometimes in concert with others, have undertaken military operations, often under the rubric of humanitarian in