The race, power, and war in Rwanda Straus, Scott 1970- creator text bibliography xxu Ithaca (Nueva York, Estados Unidos) Londres (Inglaterra) Cornell University Press 2006 monographic eng xiv, 273 páginas ilustraciones, gráficas "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. Background to the genocide -- Genocide at the national and regional levels -- Local dynamics -- The génocidaires -- Why perpetrators say they committed genocide -- The logic of genocide -- Historical patterns of violence -- Rwanda's Leviathan. specialized Scott Straus Incluye índice Texto en inglés Genocidio Rwanda Atrocidades Relaciones étnicas Guerra civil Rwanda Historia 1994 0801444489 9780801474927 2006019352 Co-BoUCM 160829 20161021114031.0 ocm70122507 eng