| Description |
xii, 323 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Genocide: introduction / Graham C. Kinloch & Raj P. Mohan -- Theoretical approaches to genocide -- The possible causes and reduction of genocide: an exploration / Graham C. Kinloch -- Modern societies and collective violence: the framework of interdisciplinary genocide studies / Mihran Dabag -- Archeology of evil: the urge to genocide / Brij Mohan -- On genocide, old and new / Franco Ferrarotti -- Conceptual approaches to genocide -- The success and failure of "genocide" / Arthur S. Wilke -- The decisive generation: self-authorization and delegations in deciding a genocide / Mihran Dabag -- Case studies of genocide -- Strategies of exclusion: the genocide of the Herero in German colonial discourse / Medardus Brehl -- The ecology of genocide in Rwanda / Tarique Niazi -- The forgotten dead: representations of the past in the Tibetan refugee community in India / Lydia Aran -- Comparative analyses of genocide -- Genocide as a possible response to westernization: government treatment of minorities in Afghanistan and Iran / Raj P. Mohan -- Preventing genocide in Chile and Northern Ireland: the role of elites / Max Koch -- Responses to genocide -- Witnessing the catastrophe / Kristin Platt -- Genocide and I / Kurt H. Wolff -- Genocide: a bibliography / James Jenkins. |
| Summary |
"Twenty authors analyze factors behind genocidal situations worldwide, with detailed case studies, and an evaluation of attempts to prevent genocide and of the implications for human rights policies, with a particular concern to develop new and practical insights"--Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Genocide.
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Genocide -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kinloch, Graham Charles.
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Mohan, Raj P.
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Allardt, Erik.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0875863795 (soft cover : alk. paper) |
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0875863809 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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9780875863795 |
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0875863817 (electronic bk.) |
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9780875863818 (electronic bk.) |
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