The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence / / by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros
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| Autore: |
Haugen Gary A
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| Titolo: |
The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence / / by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros
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| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BoutrosVictor
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| 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.: | 9910463973003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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