Aiding violence : the development enterprise in Rwanda / Peter Uvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uvin, Peter, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Rwanda--History--20th century.

Genocide.

Economic assistance--Rwanda--History--20th century.

Economic assistance.

Tutsi (African people)--Crimes against--Rwanda--History--20th century.

Tutsi (African people).

Rwanda--Ethnic relations.

Rwanda.

Rwanda--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Place of Publication:

West Hartford, CT : Kumarian Press, 1998.

Summary:

*Winner of the African Studies Association's 1999 Herskovits Award *A boldly critical look at structural violence relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide Aiding Violence expresses outrage at the contradiction of massive genocide in a country considered by Western aid agencies to be a model of development. Focusing on the 1990s dynamics of militarization and polarization that resulted in genocide, Uvin reveals how aid enterprises reacted, or failed to react, to those dynamics. By outlining the profound structural basis on which the genocidal edifice was built, the book exposes practices of inequality, exclusion, and humiliation throughout Rwanda.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Part I Background

1 Rwanda before Independence: A Contested History

2 After Independence: Strategies for Elite Consolidation

Development as Legitimization

The Ideology of the Social Revolution

The Roots of Prejudice

The Institutionalized Structure of Prejudice

3 The Image of Rwanda in the Development Community

The Importance of Development Aid in Rwanda

The Image: Development against the Odds

The Data

From Development to Relief: Explaining the Transition

Part II Crisis, Elite Manipulation, and Violence in the 1990s

4 Political and Economic Crises and the Radicalization of Society

Economic Crises

Political Crises

From Elite Fear to the Incitation of Genocide

Beyond the Standard Explanation

5 Under the Volcano: The Development Community in the 1990s

On Knowledge and Ignorance

The 1990s Development Community

The Broader Picture

Part III The Condition of Structural Violence

6 From Structural to Acute Violence

Poverty and Inequality

The Forces of Exclusion

Prejudice and Humiliation

From Structural Violence to Genocide

7 Aid and Structural Violence

The Impact of Development Aid on Structural Violence

Why the Blindness?

Part IV Two Issues: The Role of Civil Society and Ecological Resource Scarcity

8 And Where Was Civil Society?

Overview of the Associative Sector in Rwanda

The Puzzle of Civil Society in Rwanda

Civil Society: Quantity versus Quality

On the Democratizing Impact of Civil Society

9 The Role of Ecological Resource Scarcity

Rwanda's Ecology: An Overview

Ecological Resource Scarcity: Challenges and Responses

Genocide and Ecological Resource Scarcity

Part V Conclusions

10 Why Did People Participate in Genocide? A Theoretically Informed Synthesis.

Political Science and Sociological Explanations

Psychological Explanations

Additional Factors of Importance

11 Development Aid: Conclusions and Paths for Reflection

The Dual Role of Aid

The Politics of Development Interventions

Democratization and Civil Society

Aid and Political Conditionality

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 3.1 Financial Flows into Rwanda, 1977-93

Figure 3.2 Rwanda's Imports and Exports

Table 3.1 Economic Development Indicators

Table 3.2 Some Social Indicators of Development

Figure 4.1 Food and Agricultural Production Index

Figure 4.2 Coffee and Tea Exports

Table 4.1 Chronology of Political Events, September1990-April 1994

Table 5.1 Development Aid, 1987-93

Table 7.1 Thirty Years of Swiss Aid to Rwanda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-261) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-56549-251-X

OCLC:

476091554