1st Edition
Institutional Legacies, Decision Frames and Political Violence in Rwanda and Burundi
By Stacey Mitchell
Copyright 2018
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Rwanda and Burundi are strikingly similar countries that underwent democratization in the early 1990s. In both, resistance to democratic reforms led to coups d’état and presidential assassinations. A conundrum arises in terms of what transpires next. In Rwanda, total genocide was perpetrated by extremist Hutu actors, including government officials, upon the country’s Tutsi and politically... Read more
Introduction: The Puzzle
Chapter 1: Extant Explanations of Collective Violence in Rwanda and Burundi
Chapter 2: An Alternative Explanation of Collective Violence
Chapter 3: Methodology and Research Design
Chapter 4: A Story of Twins
Chapter 5: Social Structures and Collective Violence in Rwanda and Burundi
Chapter 6: Traditional Political Institutions and Collective Violence in Rwanda and Burundi
Chapter 7: Reference Points, Decision Frames and the Choice to Perpetrate Genocide
Chapter 8: Conclusions
Afterward
Biography
Stacey M. Mitchell is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University's Perimeter College, U.S.
