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Stemming State Fragility, Failure and Collapse

Autor B. Tesfu Costantinos
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2009
Human security, state fragility and collapse is about over twenty African nations fulfill the criteria of failing polities. These are states, which lack viable institutional pillars and a robust meritocratic system consequential as a tried and tested route to success in constitutional democracy and governance. Indeed, the human rights norms and principles of stemming the tide of human and especially women and children's vulnerability to violence are the bedrock of the modern notion of human security today. The story of all women in conflict ridden Africa is repeatedly the same as if the prescriptions for rape has been commandeered and organized by a central organs carefully synergized for maximum impact. Women and girls who have been publicly raped in front of their families and communities (Rwanda, DRC, Darfur...) have only been to tell their stories to human rights groups. Violence against civilian populations and acts of gender-bias such as mass rape are increasingly common features of war and conflict that transcend economic, social, ethnic, and geographical lines. These have profound physical and psychological consequences for the women who have been raped, for their families and for future generations. Displaced women are subjected to high levels of menaces, because of disruptions in the social system that support and protect women. Yet, all this has also been accompanied by a steady drumbeat of optimism about the continent's well being and confidence in its prospects. Despite the litany of problems, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are, by several measures, enjoying a period of unparalleled economic success. Many countries have been helped by better macro-economic management and big inflows of Western aid, investment and debt relief-as well as by investments that are more unquantifiable from Asia, particularly China, and the Middle East. Moreover, there is a reasonable chance that Africa will survive the world financial crisis less bruised and battered tha
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ISBN-13: 9781439276471
ISBN-10: 1439276471
Pagini: 742
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.98 kg
Editura: Booksurge Publishing