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Author |
: Leslie Holmes |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 438 |
Release |
: 2006-06-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822387732 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822387735 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rotten States? by : Leslie Holmes
Official corruption has become increasingly prevalent around the world since the early 1990s. The situation appears to be particularly acute in the post-communist states. Corruption—be it real or perceived—is a major problem with concrete implications, including a lowered likelihood of foreign investment. In Rotten States? Leslie Holmes analyzes corruption in post-communist countries, paying particular attention to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Russia, as well as China, which Holmes argues has produced, through its recent economic liberalization, a system similar to post-communism. As he points out, these countries offer useful comparisons: they vary in terms of size, religious orientation, ethnic homogeneity, and their approaches to and economic success with the transition from communism. Drawing on data including surveys commissioned especially for this study, Holmes examines the causes and consequences of official corruption as well as ways of combating it. He focuses particular attention on the timing of the recent increase in reports of corruption, the relationship between post-communism and corruption, and the interplay between corruption and the delegitimation and weakening of the state. Holmes argues that the global turn toward neoliberalism—with its focus on ends over means, flexibility, and a reduced role for the state—has generated much of the corruption in post-communist states. At the same time, he points out that neoliberalism is perhaps the single most powerful tool for overcoming the communist legacy, which is an even more significant cause of corruption. Among the conclusions that Holmes draws is that a strong democratic state is needed in the early stages of the transition from communism in order to prevent corruption from taking hold.
Author |
: Leslie Holmes |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 2006-06-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0822337924 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780822337928 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rotten States? by : Leslie Holmes
DIVAnalyzes the scale, location, makeup, causes, and consequences of corruption in the post-communist world./div
Author |
: Eamonn Butler |
Publisher |
: Gibson Square Books |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1906142343 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781906142346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rotten State of Britain by : Eamonn Butler
Under Gordon Brown's leadership, Britain has achieved that sinking feeling without knowing exactly why things are so bad and how it happened so fast. This book analyses what went disastrously wrong and why it will continue to get worse under current policies.
Author |
: A.J. Stewart |
Publisher |
: Jacaranda Drive |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2020-03-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781945741357 |
ISBN-13 |
: 194574135X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rotten State by : A.J. Stewart
A funeral. A community in grief. A secret ready to explode. When John Flynn and Aleksy Gorski visit Denmark, the last place they expect to be is at a funeral. But it’s not the sadness or the wake that shocks them. It’s the expectation that worse is yet to come. They discover a community living in what appears to be a utopia, but the facade is cracking. Years of secrets are threatening to explode their happiness. But does the greatest threat come from the outside? A developer wants the land where the community lives and a local politician wants to get it for him. It’s all about the future and progress. And you can’t stop progress. Except maybe John Flynn can. When the wife of old friend asks Flynn for help, he does the polite thing and agrees to ask some questions. But when questions lead from a confrontation with local hoods right up to the halls of power, Flynn must risk tearing everything down in order to save any of it. Series praise: ★★★★★ “I read this book in one day! NON-stop action.” ★★★★★ “John Flynn is a far-above average protagonist.” ★★★★★ “The author is a great storyteller.” ★★★★★ “Another Winner from A.J. Stewart.” ★★★★★ “Filled with twists, turns and unexpected outcomes.” ★★★★★ “I'll be reading more... Eagerly.”
Author |
: Kieran Mitton |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 360 |
Release |
: 2015-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190613075 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190613076 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rebels in a Rotten State by : Kieran Mitton
The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions. How do seemingly ordinary individuals come to commit such extraordinary acts of cruelty, often against unarmed civilians? Can we ever truly understand such acts of 'evil'? Based on a wealth of original interviews with perpetrators of violence in Sierra Leone's civil war, this book provides a detailed response. Moving beyond the rigid bounds of political science, the author engages with sociology, psychology and social psychology, to provide a comprehensive picture of the complex individual motives behind seemingly senseless violence in Sierra Leone's war. Highlighting the inadequacy of current explanations that centre on the anarchic nature of brutality, or conversely, its calculated rationality, this book sheds light on the critical but hitherto neglected role played by the emotions of shame and disgust. Drawing on first-hand accounts of strategies employed by Sierra Leone's rebel commanders, it documents the manner in which rebel recruits were systematically brutalised and came to perform horrifying acts of cruelty as routine. In so doing, it offers fresh insight into the causes of extreme violence that holds relevance beyond Sierra Leone to the atrocities of contemporary civil wars.
Author |
: William Steig |
Publisher |
: David R. Godine Publisher |
Total Pages |
: 38 |
Release |
: 1994-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0879239603 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780879239602 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rotten Island by : William Steig
What would happen if every creature on land and sea were free to be as rotten as possible? If every day was a free-for-all; if plants grew barbed wire; if the ocean were poison? That's life on Rotten Island. For creatures that slither, creep, and crawl, Rotten Island is paradise.
Author |
: Michael Northrop |
Publisher |
: Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780545495899 |
ISBN-13 |
: 054549589X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rotten by : Michael Northrop
A troubled teen. A rescued Rottweiler. An unlikely friendship. Jimmer "JD" Dobbs is back in town after spending the summer "upstate." No one believes his story about visiting his aunt, and it's pretty clear that he has something to hide. It's also pretty clear that his mom made a new friend while he was away---a rescued Rottweiler that JD immediately renames Johnny Rotten (yes, after that guy in the Sex Pistols). Both tough but damaged, JD and Johnny slowly learn to trust each other, but their newfound bond is threatened by a treacherous friend and one snap of Johnny's powerful jaws. As the secrets JD has tried so hard to keep under wraps start to unravel, he suddenly has something much bigger to worry about: saving his dog.
Author |
: Kieran Mitton |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 360 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190241582 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190241586 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rebels in a Rotten State by : Kieran Mitton
Uses Sierra Leone as a case study in our understanding of the brutal nature of modern conflict
Author |
: United States. Congress. House |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 2834 |
Release |
: 1943 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:35112104227170 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hearings by : United States. Congress. House
Author |
: New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 602 |
Release |
: 1898 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015066910376 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station and the ... Annual Report of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station ... by : New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations