04 Aug 2005

Paradise Poisoned: Learning About Conflict, Terrorism & Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars
American University, Washington DC, US
Supplied note: "[..] John Richardson's study - carried out over nearly twenty years - employs rigorous political and economic analysis and a multi-disciplinary engagement of the systemic linkages between development, governance, and civil conflict. The author - a noted development professor and practitioner, applied systems theorist, and South Asian scholar - traces ten development failures that spawned conflict and terrorism in Sri Lanka, and he proposes a comprehensive prevention strategy summarised in ten key imperatives. - mh."
Site contents: * About Paradise Poisoned; * About the Author; * Preview Chapters; * Web Resources (Conflict Resolution, Security, and Anti-Terrorism, Development, Development & Conflict Linkages, * Policing & Conflict, Systems Analysis, Youth (Young Men) & Conflict). * Press Room; * Ordering Info; * Contact Us.
Site promoting John Richardson's new book, "Paradise Poisoned" - ed.
URL http://www.paradisepoisoned.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) - the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.
Link reported by: Mark Hamilton (senorham@gmail.com)
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