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200 00$aWorst of the worst$b[electronic resource] $edealing with repressive and rogue nations /$fRobert I. Rotberg, editor
210   $aCambridge, Mass. $cWorld Peace Foundation ;$aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (354 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aRepressive, 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 / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry.
330   $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.
606   $aPolitical persecution
606   $aHuman rights
606   $aDespotism
606   $aWorld politics$y1989-
615  0$aPolitical persecution.
615  0$aHuman rights.
615  0$aDespotism.
615  0$aWorld politics
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701   $aRotberg$b Robert I$033445
712 02$aWorld Peace Foundation.
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