Becoming Rwandan : : Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen / / S. Garnett Russell.

In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the gover...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2019]
©2020
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.) :; 23 b-w images
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Role of Education in Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation
  • 3. Constructing Citizenship and a Post-Genocide Identity
  • 4. Using and Abusing Human Rights Norms
  • 5. Addressing the Genocide and Promoting Reconciliation
  • 6. The Potential and Limitations of Education for Peacebuilding
  • Appendix A: Research Methods and Data Analysis
  • Appendix B: National Policy Documents, Curricula, and Textbooks
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index