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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Haugen, Gary A. Locust effect. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] (DLC) 2013013401 (OCoLC)830089529 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gary A Haugen; Victor Boutros |
ISBN: | 9780199937882 0199937885 0199937877 9780199937875 9780190229269 0190229268 |
OCLC Number: | 874157065 |
Awards: | Winner of 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction -- What are we missing? -- The hidden crisis at history's inflection point -- The locust effect -- "No one's driven that truck in decades" -- The emperor has no clothes-- at all -- A dream devastated -- Colonial legacies and a failure that makes sense -- Private justice and public lawlessness -- You get what you pay for -- It's been done before -- Demonstration projects of hope -- Conclusion. |
Responsibility: | by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros. |
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This is a book worth reading by anyone involved in the fight for global economic justice and human rights. * Methodist Recorder * An insightful, incisive analysis of violence as it impacts every level of the plight of the poor. A compelling wake-up call for all who care about justice and human rights. It tells the truth and gives tools and guidelines that demand attention. * Tim Costello, Chief Executive, World Vision Australia * In a world of simplistic and knee-jerk responses to the world's problems, Gary Haugen arrives with insight, wisdom, and realism. The Locust Effect is a game-changer. This is a book that is as smart as it is heartfelt, as grounded as it is creative. * Kevin Bales, Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Hull, and Co-Founder, Free the Slaves * A must-read for anyone interested in development, security, and the failure of billions of people to achieve their potential. * Anne-Marie Slaughter, President, New America Foundation, and Professor Emeritus of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University * I'd gladly recommend The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence. * Ayesha Ahmad, Times Higher Education * This extraordinary book offers surprising and valuable insights about the nature and the drivers of the plague of violence that haunts the global poor. A must-read. * Moises Naim, author of The End of Power and former editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy * A wake-up call to everyone who cares about global poverty. * Jacquelline Fuller, Director, Google Giving * The Locust Effect is an appeal to the global community to engage much more into multi-stakeholder action to combat violence, crime, and abuse. This is the only way to secure a human future for mankind. * Klaus Schwab, Founder & Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum * By reminding us that basic legal protections are not a privilege, but a universal right, Gary Haugen has issued a moral call to arms that informs the brain and touches the heart. * Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State * A compelling reminder that if we are to create a 21st century of shared prosperity, we cannot turn a blind eye to the violence that threatens our common humanity. * Bill Clinton, Former U.S. President * The most powerful book I've read in years * Gillan Scott, God & Politics in the UK * Read more...


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- Violence -- Developing countries.
- Poor -- Violence against -- Developing countries.
- Poverty -- Developing countries.
- Human rights -- Developing countries.
- Pauvreté.
- Violence.
- Criminalité.
- Protection juridique.
- Pays en développement.
- Human rights.
- Poverty.
- Developing countries.
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