03191nam 2200661 a 450 991078449170332120200520144314.01-281-02968-897866110296850-8157-7564-4(CKB)1000000000347400(EBL)315010(OCoLC)780140715(SSID)ssj0000275031(PQKBManifestationID)11195480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275031(PQKBWorkID)10340922(PQKB)10238140(OCoLC)173843428(MdBmJHUP)muse35326(Au-PeEL)EBL315010(CaPaEBR)ebr10193753(CaONFJC)MIL102968(MiAaPQ)EBC315010(EXLCZ)99100000000034740020070614d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorst of the worst[electronic resource] dealing with repressive and rogue nations /Robert I. Rotberg, editorCambridge, Mass. World Peace Foundation ;Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20071 online resource (354 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-7567-9 0-8157-7566-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry."Identifies and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.Political persecutionHuman rightsDespotismWorld politics1989-Political persecution.Human rights.Despotism.World politics323.4/9Rotberg Robert I33445World Peace Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784491703321Worst of the worst3729909UNINA