1st Edition

Genocide in the Modern Age State-Society Relations in the Making of Mass Political Violence

By Zachary A. Karazsia Copyright 2025
350 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

350 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

350 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores why some episodes of mass political violence and genocide are so much deadlier than others and under what conditions perpetrators in government and society opt for brutality as a means of accomplishing their goals. Introducing the new concept of "mass political violence" to explain genocide and other mass killings in the modern world, the author investigates "how" perpetrators... Read more

1. Introduction

2. A Crime by Many Names: Mass Political Violence and Genocide

3. The Causes and Consequences of Mass Political Violence

4. The Soviet Union

5. Cambodia

6. The Holocaust

7. Rwanda

8. State-Sponsored Groups

9. Non-State Actors

10. Conclusion

Biography

Zachary A. Karazsia is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Valdosta State University where he is an affiliate faculty member in the Africana Studies program, the faculty adviser for the Model United Nations program, and chair of the Working Group on Conflict and Security. He received his Ph.D. from Florida International University, attended MIT’s inaugural Summer Wargaming Institute in 2024, was a fellow at the 2015 American Political Science Association Africa Workshop on Conflict and Political Violence, and previously served as a Limited Term Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University.