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  • The Founder:Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

    Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power

    de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every man has his price." He supported invidious racial laws in South Africa, and invented and sponsored the world ... Leer más

    $11.39 USD

  • When States Fail

    Causes and Consequences

    Edición de 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 collapsing. It defines and ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Corruption Cure

    How Citizens & Leaders Can Combat Graft

    de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    Why leadership is key to ending political and corporate corruption globallyCorruption corrodes all facets of the world's political and corporate life, yet until now there was no one book that explained how best to battle it. The Corruption Cure provides many of the required solutions and ranges widely across continents and diverse cultures—putting some thirty-five countries under an anticorruption ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Grand Corruption

    Curbing Kleptocracy Globally

    Edición de Robert I. Rotberg, Fen Osler Hampson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
    This book examines the nature, causes, and consequences of grand corruption, showing how it can be assessed, measured, and attacked from within and without.The volume brings together in a single, definitive text some of the best analyses on how to measure the costs of grand corruption and dissects the legal approaches and institutions to counter grand corruption and kleptocracy. Through a series ... Leer más

    Antes $58.99 USD Ahora $52.99 USD

  • Anticorruption

    de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    President Emeritus of the World Peace Foundation and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Robert I. Rotberg, showcases how to win the ever-raging anticorruption battle, through this guide for citizens and politicians on either side of the aisle.The phenomenon of corruption has existed since antiquity; from ancient Mesopotamia to our modern-day high-level ethical morass, people have ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Overcoming the Oppressors

    White and Black in Southern Africa

    de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    Overcoming the Oppressors traces southern Africa's long walk to freedom, the overturning of colonial rule in the northern territories, and the dissolution of backs-to-the-wall white settler suzerainty, first in what became Zimbabwe and then in South Africa. Chapters on the individual countries detail the stages along their sometimes complicated and tortuous struggle to attain the political New ... Leer más

    $27.89 USD

  • Creating Peace in Sri Lanka

    Civil War and Reconciliation

    Edición de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    Sri Lanka, one of the most promising states in Asia following independence in 1948, has been torn apart for the past fifteen years by a vicious civil war. The majority Sinhala and minority Tamils have killed each other with increasing ferocity. The Tamils, who are primarily Hindu, fear losing their identity and being overwhelmed by the majority, who are Buddhist. The Sinhala, in turn, fear that ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Governance and Leadership in Africa

    de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    Series series Africa: Progress and Problems
    Many of the problems in Africa today, including widespread poverty and civil unrest, can be traced to the continents legacy of bad governance. In the post-independence period, authoritarian strongmen took control of many countries, enriching themselves and their cronies by exploiting the peoples labor and their countrys resources. In recent years, however, a growing number of African states have ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Canada's Corruption at Home and Abroad

    Edición de Robert I. Rotberg, David Carment ...
    Although Canada is regarded as one of the least corrupt countries, this volume draws on wide ranging evidence and innovative research from scholars around the world to challenge this assumption.Corruption, defined as the "abuse of entrusted power for private gain," is often understood as being caused by internally motivated greed leading to prohibited acts in contravention of laws, rules and ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement In Africa

    Methods of Conflict Prevention

    de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationEdited by World Peace Foundation president Robert I. Rotberg, the chapters in this volume focus on preventing outbreaks of civil war and other vicious internal conflicts in Africa. The contributors review the sorry state of African conflict prevention and weigh the merits of new methods of peace enforcement, including militant ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Vigilance and Vengeance

    NGO's Preventing Ethnic Conflict in Divided Societies

    Edición de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    The 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, religious, and cultural fratricide remain a constant global theme, there are regions where ... Leer más

    $25.69 USD

  • Corruption in Latin America

    How Politicians and Corporations Steal from Citizens

    Edición de Robert I. Rotberg ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    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 editor’s introduction ... Leer más

    $80.09 USD