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Book War  Peace and Corruption

Download or read book War Peace and Corruption written by Jeanette Mills and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote this short true story about my life. I am hoping that others might learn something from my experiences and try to correct some of the wrong in our country. If more folks would get involved, we may be able to bring this great country back. I hope that those that read this will think about the next generation. It is about a country at war and the hardship it brings, and also how we take things for granted, the corruption in our politics in all towns and states, and how our churches are not fulfilling their job with our youth. We need more parent involvement in all areas in raising their children. We also need to let the schools discipline their students as they see fit.

Book Corruption and Post Conflict Peacebuilding

Download or read book Corruption and Post Conflict Peacebuilding written by Dominik Zaum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores and evaluates the roles of corruption in post-conflict peacebuilding. The problem of corruption has become increasingly important in war to peace transitions, eroding confidence in new democratic institutions, undermining economic development, diverting scarce public resources, and reducing the delivery of vital social services. Conflict-affected countries offer an ideal environment for pervasive corruption. Their weak administrative institutions and fragile legal and judicial systems mean that they lack the capacity to effectively investigate and punish corrupt behaviour. In addition, the sudden inflow of donor aid into post-conflict countries and the desire of peacebuilding actors (including the UN, the international financial institutions, aid agencies, and non-governmental organisations) to disburse these funds quickly, create incentives and opportunities for corruption. While corruption imposes costs and compromises on peacebuilding efforts, opportunities for exploiting public office can also be used to entice armed groups into signing peace agreements, thus stabilising post-war environments. This book explores the different functions of corruption both conceptually and through the lens of a wide range of case studies. It also examines the impact of key anti-corruption policies on peacebuilding environments. The dynamics that shape the relationship between corruption and the political and economic developments in post-conflict countries are complex. This analysis highlights that fighting corruption is only one of several important peacebuilding objectives, and that due consideration must be given to the specific social and political context in considering how a sustainable peace can be achieved. This book will be of great interest to students of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, criminology, political economy, war and conflict studies, international security and IR.

Book Corruption in the Aftermath of War

Download or read book Corruption in the Aftermath of War written by Jonas Lindberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption is a serious concern, one which can undermine state legitimacy, exacerbate inequality, and affect trust between social groups. Such effects are particularly problematic in societies that have gone through violent conflict, and are struggling to rebuild institutions, restore social trust, and recover economically. While anti-corruption measures are increasingly integrated into post-conflict programs, war-time structures and practices of corruption often prevail. This book explores corruption in post-war societies by focusing on the important issues of power, inequality and trust. To understand post-war power structures, and the extent to which they engrain, challenge, or transform corrupt practices, we need to study what kind of peace has emerged. The empirical cases in this book offer a variety of post-conflict situations, demonstrating how corruption is played out in, depending on the type and extent of international intervention, and in the case of a victor’s peace, a contested peace, a partial peace etc. The chapters illustrate the experiences and perceptions of people on the ground in post-conflict societies, and by giving much space to local dynamics, the book shifts the focus from external intervention and actors to local contexts, striving for greater understanding of the interplay between corruption, power, inequality, and trust in post-war societies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Book Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption

Download or read book Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption written by Bertram Irwin Spector and published by United States Institute of Peace Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption, Bertram Spector argues that the peace negotiation table is the best place to lay the groundwork for good governance.

Book Fuelling War Or Buying Peace

Download or read book Fuelling War Or Buying Peace written by Philippe Le Billon and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Corruption in the Aftermath of War

Download or read book Corruption in the Aftermath of War written by Jonas Lindberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption is a serious concern, one which can undermine state legitimacy, exacerbate inequality, and affect trust between social groups. Such effects are particularly problematic in societies that have gone through violent conflict, and are struggling to rebuild institutions, restore social trust, and recover economically. While anti-corruption measures are increasingly integrated into post-conflict programs, war-time structures and practices of corruption often prevail. This book explores corruption in post-war societies by focusing on the important issues of power, inequality and trust. To understand post-war power structures, and the extent to which they engrain, challenge, or transform corrupt practices, we need to study what kind of peace has emerged. The empirical cases in this book offer a variety of post-conflict situations, demonstrating how corruption is played out in, depending on the type and extent of international intervention, and in the case of a victor’s peace, a contested peace, a partial peace etc. The chapters illustrate the experiences and perceptions of people on the ground in post-conflict societies, and by giving much space to local dynamics, the book shifts the focus from external intervention and actors to local contexts, striving for greater understanding of the interplay between corruption, power, inequality, and trust in post-war societies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Book Corruption  Global Security  and World Order

Download or read book Corruption Global Security and World Order written by Robert I. Rotberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before have world order and global security been threatened by so many destabilizing factors—from the collapse of macroeconomic stability to nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and tyranny. Corruption, Global Security, and World Order reveals corruption to be at the very center of these threats and proposes remedies such as positive leadership, enhanced transparency, tougher punishments, and enforceable sanctions. Although eliminating corruption is difficult, this book's careful prescriptions can reduce and contain threats to global security. Contributors: Matthew Bunn (Harvard University), Erica Chenoweth (Wesleyan University), Sarah Dix (Government of Papua New Guinea), Peter Eigen (Freie Universität, Berlin, and Africa Progress Panel), Kelly M. Greenhill (Tufts University), Charles Griffin (World Bank and Brookings), Ben W. Heineman Jr. (Harvard University), Nathaniel Heller (Global Integrity), Jomo Kwame Sundaram (United Nations), Lucy Koechlin (University of Basel, Switzerland), Johann Graf Lambsdorff (University of Passau, Germany, and Transparency International), Robert Legvold (Columbia University), Emmanuel Pok (National Research Institute, Papua New Guinea), Susan Rose-Ackerma n (Yale University), Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona (United Nations), Daniel Jordan Smith (Brown University), Rotimi T. Suberu (Bennington College), Jessica C. Teets (Middlebury College), and Laura Underkuffler (Cornell University).

Book Peace and Reform against War and Corruption  In answer to a pamphlet  written by A  Young  entitled     The Example of France  a warning to Britain     Second edition

Download or read book Peace and Reform against War and Corruption In answer to a pamphlet written by A Young entitled The Example of France a warning to Britain Second edition written by Daniel STUART and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Peace and Reform  Against War and Corruption

Download or read book Peace and Reform Against War and Corruption written by Daniel Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Peace and Reform  Against War and Corruption

Download or read book Peace and Reform Against War and Corruption written by Daniel Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fighting Corruption in Developing Countries

Download or read book Fighting Corruption in Developing Countries written by Bertram Irwin Spector and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents a sector-by-sector analysis of corruption in developing countries written by experts that address nine sectors: education, agriculture, energy, environment, health, justice, private business, political parties and public finance. Concludes with policy-oriented suggestions for eliminating corruption. Written for students, researchers, and practitioners"--Provided by publisher.

Book Peace and Reform  Against War and Corruption

Download or read book Peace and Reform Against War and Corruption written by Daniel Stuart and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Thieves of State  Why Corruption Threatens Global Security

Download or read book Thieves of State Why Corruption Threatens Global Security written by Sarah Chayes and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest. "I can’t imagine a more important book for our time." —Sebastian Junger The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together? In a riveting account that weaves history with fast-moving reportage and insider accounts from the Afghanistan war, Sarah Chayes identifies the unexpected link: corruption. Since the late 1990s, corruption has reached such an extent that some governments resemble glorified criminal gangs, bent solely on their own enrichment. These kleptocrats drive indignant populations to extremes—ranging from revolution to militant puritanical religion. Chayes plunges readers into some of the most venal environments on earth and examines what emerges: Afghans returning to the Taliban, Egyptians overthrowing the Mubarak government (but also redesigning Al-Qaeda), and Nigerians embracing both radical evangelical Christianity and the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. In many such places, rigid moral codes are put forth as an antidote to the collapse of public integrity. The pattern, moreover, pervades history. Through deep archival research, Chayes reveals that canonical political thinkers such as John Locke and Machiavelli, as well as the great medieval Islamic statesman Nizam al-Mulk, all named corruption as a threat to the realm. In a thrilling argument connecting the Protestant Reformation to the Arab Spring, Thieves of State presents a powerful new way to understand global extremism. And it makes a compelling case that we must confront corruption, for it is a cause—not a result—of global instability.

Book Peace and Reform  Against War and Corruption in Answer to a Pamphlet Written by Arthur Young  Esq  Entitled   The Example of France  a Warning to Britain

Download or read book Peace and Reform Against War and Corruption in Answer to a Pamphlet Written by Arthur Young Esq Entitled The Example of France a Warning to Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Peace and Reform  Against War and Corruption

Download or read book Peace and Reform Against War and Corruption written by Daniel Stuart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Peace and Reform, Against War and Corruption: In Answer to a Pamphlet, Written by Arthur Young, Esq., Entitled, "the Example of France, a Warning to Britain" The firlt Pamphlet that fnggefled to me the idea of endeavouring to expofe thefe exploded, inconfiftent, mifchievous, Doctrines, was, that of Iflr. Arthur Young. Several reafons induced me to think it a proper object of animadverfion for, although 011 the firft perufial it appeared to be fuch a jumble of contradictions, falfehoods, and even libels on that Conltitution which it profeffed to defend, thati did not believe com mon fenfe could endure it yet on reading the approbation of Mr. Reeves, and finding it had been circulated with great induftry, I concluded it might be of fome ufe to refute what I thought fo fufceptible of refutation and while the apparent eaf111efs of the talk feemed to fet its accomplifhment within my reach, an object fo inglorious did not promife to provoke a Rival. Mr. Reeves has, by his approbation, adopted its Opinions as his own, and, however worthlefs it: may be in itfelf, it no doubt derives fome con fequence from being thus promulgated as the Manifefto of his Committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Peace and Reform  Against War and Corruption

Download or read book Peace and Reform Against War and Corruption written by Arthur Young and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Betraying the Nobel

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  • Author : Unni Turrettini
  • Publisher : Pegasus Books
  • Release : 2020-11-03
  • ISBN : 9781643135649
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Betraying the Nobel written by Unni Turrettini and published by Pegasus Books. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nobel Prize, regardless of category, has always been surrounded by politics, intrigue, and even scandal. But those pale in comparison to the Peace Prize, which remains the most prestigious, admired, and controversial prize of our time. Norwegian writer Unni Turrettini completely upends what we thought we knew about the Peace Prize—both it’s history and how it is awarded. As 1984’s winner, Desmond Tutu, put it, “No sooner had I got the Nobel Peace Prize than I became an instant oracle.” However, the Peace Prize as we know it is corrupt at its core. In the years surrounding World War I and II, the Nobel Peace Prize became a beacon of hope, and, through its peace champions, became a reference and an inspiration around the world. But along the way, something went wrong. Alfred Nobel made the mistake of leaving it to the Norwegian Parliament to elect the members of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, which has filled the committee with politicians more loyal to their political party’s agenda than to Nobel’s prize's perogative. As a result, winners are often a result of political expediency. Betraying the Nobel, will delve into the surprising, and often corrupt, history of the prize, and examine what the committee hoped to obtain by its choices, including the now-infamously awarded Cordell Hull, as well as Henry Kissinger, Al Gore, and Barack Obama. Turrettini shows the effects of increased media attention, which have turned the Nobel into a popularity prize, and a controversial, trouble-provoking commendation. Selecting winners who are clearly not peace champions creates distrust. So does lack of transparency in the selection process. As trust in leadership and governance reaches historic lows, the Nobel Peace Prize is a symbolic reference as to how we, as a society, are doing. The modern betrayal of the Nobel’s spirit and intentions plays a key role in keeping societal dysfunctions alive. But there is hope.Betraying the Nobel will show how the Nobel Peace Prize can again become a beacon of hope and honorable leadership. The Prize can and should be a catalyst for change—and an inspiration for rest of us into our own greatness and become the peace champions our world needs.