Worst of the Worst
Subtitle: Dealing With Repressive and Rogue Nations
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: June 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780815775669
Subjects: International relations; Political oppression & persecution; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship; Human Rights And Foreign Policy; Political And Civil Rights; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Despotism; Human rights; Political persecution
Description: "Identifies and characterizes the most repressive states and singles out which are aggressive. Defines the actions constituting repression and proposes a method of measuring human rights violations, presenting an index of nation-state repressiveness. Offers a way to decide which repressive and rogue states are most deserving of strong policy attention"--Provided by publisher.