TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chayes,Sarah
TI  - Thieves of state: why corruption threatens global security 
SN  - 9780393239461 (hardcover)
AV  - JF 1081 .C43 2015 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Security, International
KW  - fast
KW  - Politik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Korruption
KW  - Internationale Politik
KW  - Sicherheitspolitik
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index; "If I see somebody planting an IED ..." : Afghanistan, 2009 -- "Lord King, how I wish that you were wise" : mirrors for princes, ca. 700-1516 -- Hearing the people's complaints : Kandahar to Kabul, 2001-2009 -- Nonkinetic targeting : Kabul, 2009 -- Vertically integrated criminal syndicates : Kabul, Garmisch, 2009-2010 -- Revolt against kleptocracy : the Arab spring : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, 2011 -- Variation 1: The (overlooked) military-kleptocratic complex : Egypt, ca. 2010 -- Variation 2: The bureaucratic kleptocracy : Tunisia, ca. 2010 -- Variation 3: The post-Soviet kleptocratic autocracy : Uzbekistan, ca. 2013 -- Variation 4: The resource kleptocracy : Nigeria, ca. 2014 -- Up a level : Afghanistan and Washington, June 2010-January 2011 -- Forging an appeal on Earth : The Netherlands, England, America, ca. 1560-1787 -- Violent extremists -- Remedies -- Epilogue: Self-reflection -- Appendix
N2  - A former advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the common role of corruption in today's international uprisings, tracing corruption since the 1990s while arguing that corrupt governments have been largely responsible for extreme acts of rebellion
ER  -