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Autore: | Haugen Gary A |
Titolo: | The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence / / by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros |
Pubblicazione: | New Nork, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (625 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.5/69091724 |
Soggetto topico: | Violence - Developing countries |
Poor - Violence against - Developing countries | |
Poverty - Developing countries | |
Human rights - Developing countries | |
Altri autori: | BoutrosVictor |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 WHAT ARE WE MISSING?; 2 THE HIDDEN CRISIS AT HISTORY'S INFLECTION POINT; 3 THE LOCUST EFFECT; 4 "NO ONE'S DRIVEN THAT TRUCK IN DECADES"; 5 THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES-AT ALL; 6 A DREAM DEVASTATED; 7 COLONIAL LEGACIES AND A FAILURE THAT MAKES SENSE; 8 PRIVATE JUSTICE AND PUBLIC LAWLESSNESS; 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR; 10 IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE; 11 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS OF HOPE; Conclusion; Appendix: The Math; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography Note; The Authors; International Justice Mission; Index; Footnotes; Ch01fn |
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Sommario/riassunto: | While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor. It is a plague of everyday violence. Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality -- has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of locusts devouring everything in their path, the unchecked plague of violence ruins lives, blocks the road out of poverty, and undercuts development. How has this plague of violen |
Titolo autorizzato: | The locust effect |
ISBN: | 0-19-993788-5 |
0-19-997540-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811165303321 |
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