Warning signs of genocide : an anthropological perspective
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Warning signs of genocide : an anthropological perspective
Lexington Books, c2013
Available at 3 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Genocide occurs when a government attempts to exterminate systematically a large percentage of its own citizens or subjects, simply because they fall into a particular group defined by religion, ethnicity, political affiliation, or (rarely) other group identification ranging from occupation to gender status. Genocide has been a major cause of death worldwide over the last 100 years or more, and is far from being eliminated. Through examining available cases, Warning Signs of Genocide: An Anthropological Perspective shows that genocide becomes a live danger when group hatreds-especially religious, ethnic, and political-are exploited by political regimes as major ways of seizing and maintaining power. Genocide is actually invoked, however, only when such regimes feel they are threatened, usually either because they are new and not consolidated in power or because they are challenged by local rebellions, civil war, or (less often) international war or major economic decline. Knowing these warning signs should make the international community take note that genocide is virtually certain to occur, and take action to stop it. This book joins others in noting that the international community has rarely intervened in time, and in the hope that these findings will encourage more prompt action.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface The Deadly Seeds of Genocide
Chapter 1 Genocide Defined
Chapter 2 Paper tiger Rising: Fear
Chapter 3 From Fear to Hatred
Chapter 4 Animating tigers: Dehumanization, Structural Violence,
and Paper Tigers
Chapter 5 The Tiger Stalks: The Steps of Genocide
Chapter 6 Excursions into History
Chapter 7 Causes, and Some Predictions
Chapter 8 Sowing Good Seeds: Sustaining the Soil of Community
Appendix I Statistics of Genocide, with Risk Factors
Appendix II. Genocide compared
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"