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The order of genocide

por Straus, Scott

Series: [Political science] Publicado por : Cornell University Press (Ithaca (Nueva York, Estados Unidos) | Londres (Inglaterra)) Detalles físicos: xiv, 273 páginas ilustraciones, gráficas ISBN:0801444489; 9780801474927.

Año : 2006

Existencias ( 2 )
Notas de título ( 4 )

Tipo de ítem	Ubicación actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras	Reserva de ítems
Libro	Claustro 2do piso	Libro	967.57104 S912or (Navegar estantería)	Ej.1	Disponible		100149624
Libro	Claustro 2do piso	Libro	967.57104 S912or (Navegar estantería)	Ej.2	Disponible		100149625

Total de reservas: 0

Incluye índice

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.

"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.

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