Worst of the worst [[electronic resource] ] : dealing with repressive and rogue nations / / Robert I. Rotberg, editor

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : World Peace Foundation; Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.4/9
• Soggetto topico: Political persecution; Human rights; Despotism; World politics - 1989-
• Altri autori: RotbergRobert I
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Worst of the worst
• ISBN: 1-281-02968-8; 9786611029685; 0-8157-7564-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784491703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II