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" Worst of the worst : "
Robert I. Rotberg, editor.
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1030532
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b784902
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Worst of the worst : : dealing with repressive and rogue nations /\ Robert I. Rotberg, editor.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: World Peace Foundation ;Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) :: illustrations
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0815775644
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: 1281029688
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: 9781281029683
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0815775660
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0815775679
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9780815775669
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9780815775676
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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 / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry.
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"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.
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Despotism.
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Human rights.
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Political persecution.
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World politics-- 1989-
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Despotism.
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Human rights.
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Political persecution.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- Diplomacy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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World politics.
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323.4/9
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JC571.W8893 2007eb
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Rotberg, Robert I.
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World Peace Foundation.
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