The locust effect : why the end of poverty requires the end of violence
Gary A. Haugen (Author), Victor Boutros (Author)
A plague of everyday violence lies beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities. Common violence-- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality-- has become routine and relentless. Basic public justice systems in the developing world have descended into a state of utter collapse. Haugen and Boutros offer a searing account of how we got here-- and what it will take to end the plague
1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages) : illustrations
9780199937882, 9780199937875, 9780190229269, 9780199975402, 0199937885, 0199937877, 0190229268, 019997540X
874157065
Introduction
What are we missing?
The hidden crisis at history's inflection point
The locust effect
"No one's driven that truck in decades"
The emperor has no clothes
at all
A dream devastated
Colonial legacies and a failure that makes sense
Private justice and public lawlessness
You get what you pay for
It's been done before
Demonstration projects of hope
Conclusion