New Directions in Genocide Research

Description

Genocide studies is a relatively new field of comparative inquiry, but recent years have seen an increasing range of themes and subject-matter being addressed reflecting a variety of features of the field and transformations within it. This edited books seeks to capture the range of new approaches, theories and case studies in the field. It unfolds in three sections:

• The first section focuses on broad theories of comparative genocide, including a number of different perspectives.
• The second section critically reconsiders core themes of genocide studies, including humanitarian intervention and the role of bystanders; and unfolds a range of challenging new directions, including the forcible transfer of children as a genocidal strategy, cultural genocide, the art and architecture of genocide, gender and genocide, structural violence, and the novel application of remote-sensing technologies to the detection and study of genocide.
• The third and final section is case-study focused, seeking to place both canonical and little-known cases of genocide in broader comparative perspective. Cases analyzed include genocide in North America, the Nazi Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and the Indonesian genocide of 1965-66.

The combination of cutting-edge scholarship and innovative approaches to familiar subjects makes this essential reading for all students and scholars in the field of genocide studies.

Contents

Introduction Adam Jones Part 1: Theories 1. From Definition to Process: The Effects and Roots of Genocide Benjamin Lieberman 2. Genocidal Social Practices Daniel Feierstein 3. The Morality of Genocide Christopher J. Powell Part 2: Themes 4. Cultural Genocide: Destroying Material Culture, Destroying Identity Pamela De Condappa 5. Genocidal Masculinities Elisa von Joeden-Forgey 6. (In)visible males: A critical Assessment of UN Gender Mainstreaming Policies in the Congolese Gendercide Paula Drumond Rangel Campos 7. Tracking Evidence of the Genocide through Environmental Change: Applying Remote Sensing to the Study of Genocide 8. Genocide and Structural Violence: Charting the Terrain Adam Jones 9. Moral Bystanders and Mass Violence Ernesto Verdeja Part 3: Cases 10. Revisiting the American Genocide Debate Benjamin Madley 11. Globalizing Nazi Crimes: A Postcolonial Reading of the Holocaust Jürgen Zimmerer 12. Colonialism, Ethnicity and Genocide in the African Great Lakes Region – A Transnational Approach Dominik J. Schaller 13. South Asia and Genocide: A Case for Prevention Benita Sumita

Author Bio

Adam Jones, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, Canada. He was selected as one of Fifty Key Thinkers on Holocaust and Genocide in the book of this title edited by Paul Bartrop and Steven L. Jacobs (forthcoming, 2009). From 2005 to 2007, Jones was Associate Research Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (2006), now the leading textbook in the field of comparative genocide studies, and Crimes Against Humanity: A Beginner’s Guide (2008). He serves as senior book review editor of Journal of Genocide Research, and as executive director of Gendercide Watch (www.gendercide.org), a Web-based educational initiative that confronts gender-selective atrocities against men and women worldwide.

Related Subjects

1. International Politics
2. Politics & International Relations
3. Modern History 1750-1945
4. War & Conflict Studies
5. Contemporary History 1945-
6. Human Rights
7. Race & Ethnic Studies