Making and unmaking nations: war, leadership, and genocide in modern Africa
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"Challenging the prevailing wisdom, Straus provides substantial new evidence about local patterns of violence, using original research - including the most comprehensive surveys yet undertaken among convicted perpetrators - to assess competing theories about the causes and dynamics of the genocide. Current interpretations stress three main causes for the genocide: ethnic identity, ideology, and mass-media indoctrination (in particular the influence of hate radio). Straus's research does not deny the importance of ethnicity, but he finds that it operated more as a background condition. Instead, Straus emphasizes fear and intra-ethnic intimidation as the primary drivers of the violence. A defensive civil war and the assassination of a president created a feeling of acute insecurity. Rwanda's unusually effective state was also central, as was the country's geography and population density, which limited the number of exit options for both victims and perpetrators. In conclusion, Straus steps back from the particulars of the Rwandan genocide to offer a new, dynamic model for understanding other instances of genocide in recent history -- the Holocaust, Armenia, Cambodia, the Balkans -- and assessing the future likelihood of such events."--Jacket
In: Genocide studies and prevention: an international journal ; official journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, IAGS, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 8-10
ISSN: 1911-9933
In: Violence: an international journal, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 100-104
ISSN: 2633-0032
In: Violence: an international journal, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 3-10
ISSN: 2633-0032
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 300-302
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 126, Heft 3, S. 718-720
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Journal of perpetrator research: JPR, Band 1, Heft 1
ISSN: 2514-7897
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 203-204
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 204-206
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Politics and governance, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 5-15
ISSN: 2183-2463
The concept of "triggers" enjoys wide usage in the atrocity prevention policymaking community. However, the concept has received limited academic analysis. This paper reviews the concept critically, develops a definition, and subjects the concept to empirical analysis. The paper offers a mild endorsement of the concept of triggers of atrocity. The paper identifies four main categories of triggering event but cautions that triggers cannot be separated from context or decision-makers.
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 122, Heft 487, S. e27-e29
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: ASA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper
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