Confronting poverty : weak states and U.S. national security /

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Examines the connection between poverty, fragile states, and transnational conflict and the implications for American security.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution
Other Authors: Rice, Susan E., Graff, Corinne, Pascual, Carlos, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Poverty > Developing countries.
Political stability > Developing countries.
Failed states > Developing countries.
National security > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom.
Failed states
National security
Political stability
Poverty
Developing countries
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Strobe Talbott
  • The national security implications of global poverty / Susan E. Rice
  • Poverty and state weakness / Susan E. Rice
  • Poverty, development, and violent extremism in weak states / Corinne Graff
  • Poverty, state weakness, and civil war / Andrew Loomis
  • Feeding insecurity? : poverty, weak states, and climate change / Joshua Busby
  • State weakness and infectious diseases / Miriam Estrin and Carl Malm
  • Conclusion and policy implications / Carlos Pascual and Corinne Graff.

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