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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/874157065 Title: The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence Author: Gary A Haugen; Victor Boutros Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014] ©2014 ISBN/ISSN: 9780199937882 0199937885 0199937877 9780199937875 9780190229269 0190229268 OCLC:874157065

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The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence

Author:	Gary A Haugen; Victor Boutros
Publisher:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014] ©2014
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A plague of everyday violence lies 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. Basic public justice systems in the developing world have descended into a state of utter collapse. Haugen and Boutros offer a searing account of how we got here-- and what it will take to end the plague. Read more...
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Subjects	Violence -- Developing countries. Poor -- Violence against -- Developing countries. Poverty -- Developing countries. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Electronic books
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 Find more information about:
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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A plague of everyday violence lies 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. Basic public justice systems in the developing world have descended into a state of utter collapse. Haugen and Boutros offer a searing account of how we got here-- and what it will take to end the plague.

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