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The Genocide in Rwanda in Comparative Perspective Death and Survival on the Lake Kivu Shore
By Klaus Bachmann
Copyright 2025
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book combines social science concepts, history and transitional justice studies to examine the social dynamics, specific actors and ideologies involved in the genocide in Rwanda and examines what makes this genocide a unique case of mass violence and political transition compared with other cases of mass violence.
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Introduction: The Puzzles of Mass Violence
1. From the Monarchy to the end of the Second Republic
2. The Root causes of Mass Violence
3. Genocide in Rwanda
4. A preventable genocide?
5. After Mass Violence
6. The Genocide Spills Over
7. Coping with Mass Violence
Conclusion: The Genocide in Rwanda in a comparative perspective
Biography
Klaus Bachmann is Professor of Social Sciences at SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland.
