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Worst of the worst : dealing with repressive and rogue nations / Robert I. Rotberg, editor.
| Other author | Rotberg, Robert I. |
| Other author | World Peace Foundation. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2007. |
| Description | ix, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 / John R. Heilbrunn -- Uzbekistan : a decaying dictatorship withdrawn from the West / Martha Brill Olcott -- Assessing repression in Syria / David W. Lesch -- Tunisia's "sweet little" regime / Clement Henry. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007023899 |
| ISBN | 9780815775669 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815775660 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780815775676 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815775679 (pbk. : alk. paper) |