Sex, drugs, and body counts : the politics of numbers in global crime and conflict /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Andreas, Peter, 1965- (Editor ), Greenhill, Kelly M., 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies.
Transnational crime > Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies.
International relations > Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies.
Policy sciences > Statistical methods > Case studies.
Criminalité internationale > Statistiques > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Relations internationales > Statistiques > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Sciences de la politique > Méthodes statistiques > Études de cas.
Statistique > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Policy sciences > Statistical methods
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the politics of numbers / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill
  • The politics of measuring illicit flows and policy effectiveness / Peter Andreas
  • Trafficking in numbers : the social construction of human trafficking data / David A. Feingold
  • Numbers and certification : assessing foreign compliance in combating narcotics and human trafficking / H. Richard Friman
  • The illusiveness of counting "victims" and the concreteness of ranking countries : trafficking in persons from Colombia to Japan / Kay B. Warren
  • Counting the cost : the politics of numbers in armed conflict / Kelly M. Greenhill
  • Research and repercussions of death tolls : the case of the Bosnian book of the dead / Lara J. Nettelfield
  • The ambiguous genocide : the U.S. State Department and the death toll in Darfur / John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond
  • Accounting for absence : the Colombian paramilitaries in U.S. policy debates / Winifred Tate
  • (Mis)measuring success in countering the financing of terrorism / Sue E. Eckert and Thomas J. Biersteker
  • Conclusion : the numbers in politics / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill.

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