Confronting poverty: weak states and U.S. national security

by Graff, Corinne Pascual, Carlos Rice, Susan E.

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Examines the connection between poverty, fragile states, and transnational conflict and the implications for American security.

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Title Statements

Full title :Confronting poverty : weak states and U.S. national security / Susan E. Rice, Corinne Graff, Carlos Pascual, editors.

Summary

Examines the connection between poverty, fragile states, and transnational conflict and the implications for American security.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brookings Institution Press
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 244 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780815703907, 0815703902
oclc:ocn454364107
LC Classification:HC59.72.P6
Dewey Decimal:355/.03301724

Foreword / Strobe Talbott -- The national security implications of global poverty / Susan E. Rice -- Poverty and state weakness / Susan E. Rice -- Poverty, development, and violent extremism in weak states / Corinne Graff -- Poverty, state weakness, and civil war / Andrew Loomis -- Feeding insecurity? : poverty, weak states, and climate change / Joshua Busby -- State weakness and infectious diseases / Miriam Estrin and Carl Malm -- Conclusion and policy implications / Carlos Pascual and Corinne Graff.

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cambio climático Changement climatique CIVIL WAR climate change Conflict conflicto conflit consecuencias económicas consecuencias sociales conséquences économiques conséquences sociales developing countries economic implication Estado benefactor Estados Unidos État providence États-Unis Failed states Failed states -- Developing countries guerra civil