Debating Genocide (Debates in World History)

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Synopsis
This book explores the subject of genocide through key debates and case studies. It analyses the dynamics of genocide – the processes and mechanisms of acts committed with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, religious or racial group – in order to shed light upon its origins, characteristics and consequences.Debating Genocide begins with an introduction to the concept of genocide. It then examines the colonial genocides at the end of the 19th- and start of the 20th-centuries; the Armenian Genocide of 1915-16; the Nazi 'Final Solution'; the Nazi genocide of the Gypsies; mass murder in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge; the genocides in the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; and the genocide in Sudan in the early 21st century. It also includes a thematic chapter which covers gender and genocide, as well as issues of memory and memorialisation. Finally, the book considers how genocides end, as well as the questions of resolution and denial, with Lisa Pine examining the debates around prediction and prevention and the R2P (Responsibility to Protect) initiative.This book is crucial for any students wanting to understand why genocides have occurred, why they still occur and what the key historical discussions around this subject entail.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
216 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781350035447
Related ISBNs:
9781350035423, 9781350035423, 9781350035423
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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