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The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Haugen, Gary A. (Founder and President, Founder and President, International Justice Mission)
The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Haugen, Gary A. (Founder and President, Founder and President, International Justice Mission)
The first book to focus on the central role of violence in perpetuating poverty, aruging that if people aren't safe, nothing else matters. Featuring real-world stories ranging from Thailand to Bolivia to India to Nigeria that vividly depict how violence undercuts antipoverty efforts, authors Haugen and Boutros draw from their experience running the International Justice Mission to show that ground-up efforts to reform legal and public justice systems can generatereal, positive results.
384 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 11, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780190229269 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Genre | Interdisciplinary Studies > Development Studies |
Pages | 384 |
Dimensions | 235 × 156 × 25 mm · 540 g |