Preventing Mass Atrocities

Author : Elazar Barkan,Constantin Goschler,James E. Waller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000043945

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Historical Dialogue and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities by Elazar Barkan,Constantin Goschler,James E. Waller Pdf

This book brings together a diverse range of international voices from academia, policymaking and civil society to address the failure to connect historical dialogue with atrocity prevention discourse and provide insight into how conflict histories and historical memory act as dynamic forces, actively facilitating or deterring current and future conflict. Established on a variety of international case studies combining theoretical and practical points of view, the book envisions an integrated understanding of how historical dialogue can inform policy, education, and the practice of atrocity prevention. In doing so, it provides a vital basis for the development of preventive policies sensitive to the importance of conflict histories and for further academic study on the topic. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of history, psychology, peace studies, international relations and political science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0896047164

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Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barbara Harff,Ted Robert Gurr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317353591

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Preventing Mass Atrocities by Barbara Harff,Ted Robert Gurr Pdf

What can be done to warn about and organize political action to prevent genocide and mass atrocities? The international contributors to this volume are either experts or practitioners, often both, who have contributed in substantial ways to analyzing high risk situations, recommending preventive policies and actions, and in several instances helping to organize remedial actions. Whereas current literature on the prevention of genocide is theoretically well grounded, this book explores what can be done, and has been done, in real-world situations. Recommendations and actions are rooted in a generation of experience, based on solid historical, comparative, and empirical research and with a grounding in quantitative methods. This volume examines historical cases to understand the general causes and processes of mass violence and genocide, and engages with ongoing genocidal crises including Darfur and Syria, as well as other forms of related violence such as terrorism and civil conflict. It will be key reading for all students and scholars of genocide, war and conflict studies, human security and security studies in general.

Author : Robert I. Rotberg
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815704713

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Mass Atrocity Crimes by Robert I. Rotberg Pdf

A dozen scholars explore what can be done to combat genocide, ethnic cleansing and other crimes against humanity, which, despite grisly examples from the past century, continue to rear their ugly head today. Original.

Author : Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum,Caitlin O. Mahoney,Amy E. Meade,Arlan F. Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000414240

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Public Health, Mental Health, and Mass Atrocity Prevention by Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum,Caitlin O. Mahoney,Amy E. Meade,Arlan F. Fuller Pdf

This multidisciplinary volume considers the role of both public health and mental health policies and practices in the prevention of mass atrocity, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The authors address atrocity prevention through the framework of primary (pre-conflict), secondary (mid-conflict), and tertiary (post-conflict) settings. They examine the ways in which public health and mental health scholars and practitioners currently orient their research and interventions and the ways in which we can adapt frameworks, methods, tools, and practice toward a more sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary understanding and application of atrocity prevention. The book brings together diverse fields of study by global north and global south authors in diverse contexts. It culminates in a narrative that demonstrates the state of the current fields on intersecting themes within public health, mental health, and mass atrocity prevention and the future potential directions in which these intersections could go. Such discussions will serve to influence both policy makers and practitioners in these fields toward developing, adapting, and testing frames and tools for atrocity prevention. Multidisciplinary perspectives are represented among editors and authors, including law, political science, international studies, public health, mental health, philosophy, clinical psychology, social psychology, history, and peace studies.

Author : Frank Robert Chalk
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780773538030

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Mobilizing the Will to Intervene by Frank Robert Chalk Pdf

"Published for the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University."

Author : Paul C. Morrow
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262360838

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Unconscionable Crimes by Paul C. Morrow Pdf

The first general theory of the influence of norms--moral, legal and social--on genocide and mass atrocity. How can we explain--and prevent--such large-scale atrocities as the Holocaust? In Unconscionable Crimes, Paul Morrow presents the first general theory of the influence of norms--moral, legal and social--on genocide and mass atrocity. After offering a clear overview of norms and norm transformation, rooted in recent work in moral and political philosophy, Morrow examines numerous twentieth-century cases of mass atrocity, drawing on documentary and testimonial sources to illustrate the influence of norms before, during, and after such crimes.

Author : Noële Crossley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317307051

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Evaluating the Responsibility to Protect by Noële Crossley Pdf

This book evaluates the extent to which the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has consolidated as a norm in international society. A consolidated norm in international society is defined here as a regularised pattern of behaviour that is widely accepted as appropriate within a given social context. The analysis is based on the assumption that the R2P could be regarded as a consolidated norm if it were applied consistently when genocide and other mass atrocities occur; and if international responses routinely conformed to the core principles inherent in the R2P: seeking government consent, multilateralism, prevention and regionalism. This book employs Finnemore and Sikkink’s norm lifecycle model to determine the putative norm’s degree of consolidation, with in-depth case studies of the international responses to crises in Darfur and Kenya serving to illuminate the findings. It advances the argument that, whilst the R2P had fully emerged as a prospective norm by 2005, it has not yet fully consolidated as an international norm. The R2P has been remarkably successful at pervading the international discourse but has been somewhat less successful at consistency in implementation in terms of adherence to its core principles as outlined above (the qualitative dimension of the R2P). Furthermore, it has been least successful, to date, in terms of consistency across cases in terms of resolve and tenacity. The volume concludes with a reflection on the norm's progress so far, and its prospects for further consolidation, assuming the R2P continues on its current trajectory. This book will be of much interest to students of the Responsibility to Protect, humanitarian intervention, international law, security studies and IR.

Author : Gareth Evans
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815701804

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The Responsibility to Protect by Gareth Evans Pdf

"Never again!" the world has vowed time and again since the Holocaust. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocity crimes continue to shock our consciences—from the killing fields of Cambodia to the machetes of Rwanda to the agony of Darfur. Gareth Evans has grappled with these issues firsthand. As Australian foreign minister, he was a key broker of the United Nations peace plan for Cambodia. As president of the International Crisis Group, he now works on the prevention and resolution of scores of conflicts and crises worldwide. The primary architect of and leading authority on the Responsibility to Protect ("R2P"), he shows here how this new international norm can once and for all prevent a return to the killing fields. The Responsibility to Protect captures a simple and powerful idea. The primary responsibility for protecting its own people from mass atrocity crimes lies with the state itself. State sovereignty implies responsibility, not a license to kill. But when a state is unwilling or unable to halt or avert such crimes, the wider international community then has a collective responsibility to take whatever action is necessary. R2P emphasizes preventive action above all. That includes assistance for states struggling to contain potential crises and for effective rebuilding after a crisis or conflict to tackle its underlying causes. R2P's primary tools are persuasion and support, not military or other coercion. But sometimes it is right to fight: faced with another Rwanda, the world cannot just stand by. R2P was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit. But many misunderstandings persist about its scope and limits. And much remains to be done to solidify political support and to build institutional capacity. Evans shows, compellingly, how big a break R2P represents from the past, and how, with its acceptance in principle and effective application in practice, the promise of "Never

Author : Deborah Mayersen,Annie Pohlman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135047702

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Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia by Deborah Mayersen,Annie Pohlman Pdf

The twentieth century has been labelled the ‘century of genocide’, and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on mass atrocities in Asia, by exploring the issue through two central themes. Bringing together experts in genocide studies and area specialists, the book looks at the legacy of past genocides and mass atrocities, with case studies on East Timor, Cambodia and Indonesia. It explores the enduring legacies of trauma and societal divisions, the complex and continuing impacts of past mass violence, and the role of transitional justice in the aftermath of mass atrocities in Asia. Understanding these complex legacies is crucial for the region to build a future that acknowledges the past. The book goes on to consider the prospects and challenges for preventing future mass atrocities in Asia, and globally. It discusses both regional and global factors that may impact on preventing future mass atrocities in Asia, and highlights the value of a regional perspective in mass atrocity prevention. Providing a detailed examination of genocide and mass atrocities through the themes of legacies and prevention, the book is an important contribution to Asian Studies and Security Studies.

Author : Sheri P. Rosenberg,Tibi Galis,Alex Zucker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107094963

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Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention by Sheri P. Rosenberg,Tibi Galis,Alex Zucker Pdf

This proposes a new framework for atrocity prevention, featuring scholars from around the globe including three former UN special advisers.

Author : Stephen McLoughlin
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004299870

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Mass Atrocities, Risk and Resilience by Stephen McLoughlin Pdf

This book examines the relationship between risk and resilience in the prevention of mass atrocities. It challenges approaches to prevention which prioritise the role of external actors by investigating how local and national actors mitigate risk over time.

Author : Scott Straus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Atrocities
ISBN : 0896047156

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Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention by Scott Straus Pdf

"Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention presents key insights into US and international efforts to prevent genocide and mass atrocities worldwide. Since the Holocaust and World War II, an international community of policy makers, scholars, and activists has developed a loose network of norms, institutions, and policy tools to prevent and respond to acts of mass violence against civilians. Fundamentals analyzes the normative, legal, and operational opportunities and challenges associated with preventing genocide and mass atrocities to date, and identifies unresolved issues in this nascent field of study and practice. It also offers important insights into opportunities to strengthen both our understanding of and our ability to implement policies and programs to stop the world’s worst violence." --Goodreads.

Author : Dan Kuwali,Frans Viljoen
Publisher : PULP
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781920538668

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By all means necessary: Protecting civilians and preventing mass atrocities in Africa by Dan Kuwali,Frans Viljoen Pdf

Author : James Waller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199300709

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Confronting Evil by James Waller Pdf

While it is true that genocide prevention is not what tends to land on the front pages of national newspapers today, it is what prevents the worst headlines from ever being made. Despite the post-Holocaust consensus that "Never Again" would the world allow civilians to be victims of genocide, the reality is closer to "Again and Again." As many as 170 million civilians across the world were victims of genocide and mass atrocity in the 20th century. Now that we have entered the 21st century, little light has been brought to that darkness as civilians still find themselves under brutal attack in South Sudan, Burma, Syria, the Central African Republic, Burundi, Iraq, and a score of other countries in the world beset by state fragility and extremist identity politics. Drawing on over two decades of primary research and scholarship from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, Confronting Evil: Engaging Our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide is grounded in the belief that preventing mass atrocity is an achievable goal, but only if we have the collective will to do so. This groundbreaking book from one of the foremost leaders in the field presents a fascinating continuum of research-informed strategies to prevent genocide from ever taking place; to prevent further atrocities once genocide is occurring; and to prevent future atrocities once a society has begun to rebuild after genocide. With remarkable insight, Dr. James Waller challenges each of us to accept our responsibilities as global citizens-in whichever role and place we find ourselves-and to think critically about one of the world's most pressing human rights issues in which there are no sidelines, only sides.