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The path to genocide in Rwanda : security, opportunity, and authority in an ethnocratic state / Omar Shahabudin McDoom, London School of Economics, University of London.
Van Pelt Library DT450.435 .M383 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDoom, Omar Shahabudin, 1973- author.
- Series:
- African studies series ; 152.
- African studies series ; 152
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--Rwanda.
- Genocide.
- Tutsi (African people)--Crimes against.
- Hutu (African people).
- Politics and government.
- Rwanda.
- Rwanda--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Hutu (African people)--Rwanda--Politics and government.
- Tutsi (African people)--Crimes against--Rwanda.
- Tutsi (African people).
- Hutu (African people)--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Security, opportunity, and authority in an ethnocratic state
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "The shocking characteristics of Rwanda's genocide in 1994 have etched themselves indelibly on the global conscience. The Path to Genocide in Rwanda combines extensive, original field data with some of the best existing evidence to evaluate the myriad theories behind the genocide and to offer a rigorous and comprehensive explanation of how and why it occurred, and why so many Rwandans participated in it. Drawing on interviews with over three hundred Rwandans, Omar Shahabudin McDoom systematically compares those who participated in the violence against those who did not. He contrasts communities that experienced violence early with communities where violence began late, as well as communities where violence was limited with communities where it was massive. His findings offer new perspectives on some of the most troubling questions concerning the genocide, while also providing a broader engagement with key theoretical debates in the study of genocides and ethnic conflict"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- What We Do and Do Not Know
- An Extraordinary Baseline
- Security: War-time Threat
- Threat and Opportunity: The Dangers of Freedom
- Opportunity II: Death of the Nation's Father
- Authority: Rwanda's privatized and powerful state
- Why some killed and others did not
- Conclusion: Rwanda in Retrospect.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-406) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McDoom, Omar Shahabudin, 1973- Path to genocide in Rwanda
- ISBN:
- 9781108491464
- 1108491464
- 9781108798327
- 1108798322
- OCLC:
- 1154947401
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