Making and Unmaking Nations : : War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa /

Making and Unmaking Nations : : War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa / / Scott Straus.

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In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide takes place-and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may have seemed likely or even inevitable. To solve that puzzle, he examines postcolonial Africa, analyzing countries in which genoci...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Straus, Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.) :; 1 halftone, 2 tables, 2 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction. The Puzzle of Genocide
  • Part I. Concepts and Theory
  • Chapter 1. The Concept and Logic of Genocide
  • Chapter 2. Escalation and Restraint
  • Chapter 3. A Theory of Genocide
  • Part II. Empirics
  • Chapter 4. Mass Categorical Violence and Genocide in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2008
  • Chapter 5. Retreating From The Brink In Côte D'Ivoire
  • Chapter 6. The Politics of Dialogue in Mali
  • Chapter 7. Pluralism and Accommodation in Senegal
  • Chapter 8. Endangered Arab-Islamic Nationalism in Sudan
  • Chapter 9. Fighting for the Hutu Revolution in Rwanda
  • Conclusion. Making Nations And Preventing Their Unmaking
  • Appendix. Identifying The Risk Of Genocide And Mass Categorical Violence
  • References
  • Index

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