The path to genocide in Rwanda : security, opportunity, and authority in an ethnocratic state
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The path to genocide in Rwanda : security, opportunity, and authority in an ethnocratic state
（African studies series, 152）
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-406) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The shocking characteristics of Rwanda's genocide in 1994 have etched themselves indelibly on the global conscience. The Path to Genocide in Rwanda combines extensive, original field data with some of the best existing evidence to evaluate the myriad theories behind the genocide and to offer a rigorous and comprehensive explanation of how and why it occurred, and why so many Rwandans participated in it. Drawing on interviews with over three hundred Rwandans, Omar Shahabudin McDoom systematically compares those who participated in the violence against those who did not. He contrasts communities that experienced violence early with communities where violence began late, as well as communities where violence was limited with communities where it was massive. His findings offer new perspectives on some of the most troubling questions concerning the genocide, while also providing a broader engagement with key theoretical debates in the study of genocides and ethnic conflict.
Table of Contents
- 1. What We Do and Do Not Know
- 2. An Extraordinary Baseline
- 3. Security: War-time Threat
- 4. Threat and Opportunity: The Dangers of Freedom
- 5. Opportunity II: Death of the Nation's Father
- 6. Authority: Rwanda's privatized and powerful state
- 7. Why some killed and others did not
- 8. Conclusion: Rwanda in Retrospect.
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