POL/HTY 395: Genocide & Laws of War (Rimanelli): eBooks

"While it might be impossible to isolate the factors that turn an individual into a rescuer, informal underground networks, however fragile, inevitably form the moment genocide appears. Compiled by three leaders in genocide studies, this collection features thirty contributors from eleven countries and maps the characteristics of an enduring phenomenon."

"Draws on real-world case studies, such as Rwanda, Sudan, and the Second Palestinian Intifada and brings together original contributions and theoretical perspectives by a team of experts in psychology and related disciplines such as sociology and political science."

"An important contribution to the historiography of the Second World War."

"Taking history and culture of the Caucasus as starting point, state building and conflict resolution processes in the North and South Caucasus are analysed from an international legal and political perspective."

"What would "standards" look like if they were generated from social justice perspectives?"

V.1: The meaning of genocide.
"...the first work to consider the phenomenon within a broad context of world historical development."

"According to Orji, most ethnic and religious conflicts in Africa originate from biases that involve Africa's religions, since "in most parts of Africa, ethnic and religious issues are inseparably intertwined" (9). His opening pages lay out historic and social facts about African social conditions that reinforce African biases and inflame ethnic and religious conflicts."

"A leading legal scholar's judicious examination of our varied reactions to mass violence and their relative potential for healing people and nations." [Kirkus Reviews. Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP]

"This second edition of the authoritative guide to the interpretation and application of genocide in international law reviews the drafting and interpretation of the 1948 Genocide Convention and considers the definition of genocide, forms of commission of the crime, defences to charges of genocide and responsibilities in terms of extradition."

"...one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide."