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Title:

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

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

x, 244 p. : ill, maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Poverty--Developing countries.
Political stability--Developing countries.
Failed states--Developing countries.
National security--United States.

Other Authors:

Rice, Susan E.
Graff, Corinne.
Pascual, Carlos.
Brookings Institution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Strobe Talbott -- 1. The national security implications of global poverty / Susan E. Rice -- 2. Poverty and state weakness / Susan E. Rice -- 3. Poverty, development, and violent extremism in weak states / Corinne Graff -- 4. Poverty, state weakness, and civil war / Andrew Loomis -- 5. Feeding insecurity? Poverty, weak states, and climate change / Joshua Busby -- 6. State weakness and infectious diseases / Miriam Estrin and Carl Malm -- 7. Conclusion and policy implications / Carlos Pascual and Corinne Graff.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

0815703902 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815703907 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)454364107

LCCN:

2009039055

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)