1st Edition

The Structural Prevention of Mass Atrocities Understanding Risk and Resilience

By Stephen McLoughlin Copyright 2014
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a different approach to the structural prevention of mass atrocities. It investigates the conditions that enable vulnerable countries to prevent the perpetration of such violence. Structural prevention is commonly framed as the identifying and ameliorating of the ‘root causes’ of violent conflict, a process which typically involves international actors determining what... Read more

Introduction  1. A Review of Prevention  2. Examining the Root Causes of Mass Atrocities  3. Developing a Framework for Understanding the Prevention of Mass Atrocities  4. The Case of Botswana  5. The Case of Zambia  6. The Case of Tanzania  7. Conclusion

Biography

Stephen McLoughlin is Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Australia.