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  • Corruption in Latin America
    Robert I. Rotberg
    This book is the newest and one of the very few existing examinations of the full nature of corruption throughout Central and South America. In detailed chapters written by experts with extensive in-country experience, it reveals the political and economic roots and consequences of corruption in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru. The ed...
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    124,11 €

  • A.M. Mackay
    Robert I. Rotberg
    First published in 1970. This series includes a selection of historically important nineteenth and early twentieth century narratives written about Africa by missionaries and other figures connected with the church. The introductions are designed to place the narratives in their appropriate historical contexts, offer fresh biographical studies of the authors, and provide a cri...
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    88,25 €

  • Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924
    Robert I. Rotberg / Robert IRotberg
    A study of the contribution made by Christian missionaries to the formation of Northern Rhodesia based on firsthand information and study by the author, who has visited nearly every mission station in Northern Rhodesia, consulted missionary diaries, journals, and records.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to agai...
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    52,76 €

  • The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political & Social Science
    Robert I. Rotberg
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    39,19 €

  • Mass Atrocity Crimes
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationWhat can be done to combat genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other crimes against humanity? Why aren't current measures more effective? Is there hope for the future? These and other pressing questions surrounding human security are addressed head-on in this provocative and all-too-timely book.Millions of pe...
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    44,69 €

  • Corruption, Global Security, and World Order
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'Never before have world order and global security been threatened by so many destabilizing factors—from the collapse of macroeconomic stability to nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and tyranny. Corruption, Global Security, and World Order reveals corruption to be at the very center of these threats and proposes remedies such as positive leadership, enhanced transparency, ...
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    60,68 €

  • Worst of the Worst
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationRepressive regimes tyrannize their own citizens and threaten global stability and order. These repositories of evil systematically oppress their own people, deny human rights and civil liberties, severely truncate political freedom, and prevent meaningful individual economic opportunity. Worst of the Worst ide...
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    41,72 €

  • Building a New Afghanistan
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationIn the wake of the Taliban nightmare, Afghanistan must tackle serious problems before it can emerge as a confident, independent nation. Security in this battered state continues to deteriorate; suicide bombings, convoy ambushes, and insurgent attacks are all too common. Effective state building will depend upo...
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    34,28 €

  • Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationWith so much attention paid to America's war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, the world has all but forgotten the spread of terrorism in other regions. From South Asia to South America, terrorist groups are on the rise. One of the most dangerous regions is the greater Horn of Africa along with Yemen, it...
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    34,41 €

  • When States Fail
    Robert I. Rotberg
    Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only heightened the problem posed by failed states. When States Fail is the first book to examine how and why states decay and what, if anything, can be done to prevent them from collapsi...
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    56,73 €

  • State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationThe threat of terror, which flares in Africa and Indonesia, has given the problem of failed states an unprecedented immediacy and importance. In the past, failure had a primarily humanitarian dimension, with fewer implications for peace and security. Now nation-states that fail, or may do so, pose dangers to t...
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    40,36 €

  • Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationIn this comprehensive narrative of the political and economic evolution of Africa, Robert I. Rotberg explains the critical events, players and policies in the continent¡¯s tumultuous shift toward democracy. The book reviews the process of decolonization throughout the continent--and subsequent debut of democra...
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    36,97 €

  • Burma
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'This book examines the origins and consequences of Burma's current policies from military, political, social, and economic perspectives. It analyzes the Asian decision to ''constructively engage'' Burma, especially in economic affairs, versus the position of the United States and many other Western countries to treat Burma as a pariah. Other chapters focus on the drug tra...
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    34,01 €

  • Vigilance and Vengeance
    Robert I. Rotberg
    'A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationThe world is awash with ethnic and religious conflict. Nearly 5 million people have lost their lives and more than 50 million have been displaced in the maelstrom of intergroup conflict since 1990. During that same period, there have been about 60 civil wars and war-like intrastate battles. While ethnic, relig...
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    36,70 €