Political governance in post-genocide Rwanda / Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reyntjens, Filip, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Front patriotique rwandais.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--Rwanda.

Ethnicity.

Human rights--Rwanda.

Human rights.

Rwanda--Politics and government--1994-.

Rwanda.

Rwanda--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Filip Reyntjens's book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the RPF has employed various means - rigged elections, elimination of opposition parties and civil society, legislation outlawing dissenting opinions, and terrorism - to consolidate power and perpetuate its position as the nation's ruling party. Although many international observers have hailed Rwanda as a 'success story' for its technocratic governance, societal reforms, and economic development, Reyntjens complicates this picture by casting light on the regime's human rights abuses, social engineering projects, information management schemes, and retributive justice system.

Contents:

The capture of power and the path to hegemony

Elections as a means of regime consolidation

Managing political space

Human rights, a dismal record

Dealing with the world and the region

Engineering a new society

Managing information, imposing the truth

The politics of justice.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89492-7

1-107-46194-4

1-107-45976-1

1-107-47359-4

1-107-47260-1

1-107-46899-X

1-107-46543-5

1-107-33864-6

OCLC:

867316997