The Locust Effect : Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence.

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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 la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haugen, Gary A.
Otros Autores: Boutros, Victor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.
Temas:
Violence > Developing countries.
Poor > Violence against > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Human rights > Developing countries.
Law enforcement > Developing countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Human rights
Law enforcement
Poverty
Violence
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (625 pages)
ISBN:9780199975402
019997540X
9780199937882
0199937885

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