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

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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 genoc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Straus, Scott, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Since 1960
Genocide > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Nation-building > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Political leadership > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Reconstruction d'une nation > Afrique subsaharienne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Genocide
Nation-building
Political leadership
Politics and government
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Politics and government > 1960-
Afrique subsaharienne > Politique et gouvernement > 1960-
Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the puzzle of genocide
  • The concept and logic of genocide
  • Escalation and restraint
  • A theory of genocide
  • Patterns of genocide and mass categorical violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2008
  • Retreating from the brink in Côte d'Ivoire
  • The politics of dialogue in Mali
  • Pluralism and accommodation in Senegal
  • Endangered Arab-Islamic nationalism in Sudan
  • Fighting for the Hutu revolution in Rwanda
  • Conclusion : making nations and preventing their unmaking.

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