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Labeling “Genocide” In Sudan: A Constructionist Analysis Of Darfur, William F.S. Miles
Labeling “Genocide” In Sudan: A Constructionist Analysis Of Darfur, William F.S. Miles
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Labeling is critical for the framing, perception, and political implications of social problems, genocide being a critical but overlooked example. For half a century social-science theory has developed increasingly sophisticated paradigms for understanding the process by which problems are recognized and addressed: social constructionism, labeling theory, politico-linguistics, problem definition, and tipping points. Yet rarely have these theoretical frameworks been applied to genocide studies. When reconsidered in light of Sudan, these general frameworks validate the constructionist argument that the recognized severity of political problems—including government-organized or -sanctioned mass killings—is a function of the socio-linguistic processing and naming of them. Anti-genocide advocates, …
Full Issue 1.3
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Editor's Intorduction, Herb Hirsch
Editor's Intorduction, Herb Hirsch
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This is the third issue of Volume 1 of Genocide Studies and Prevention. It is the first non-topical or general issue and, therefore, contains articles covering a wide variety of topics. The lead article by Professor David Scheffer, formerly US ambassador at large for war crimes issues (1997–2001) and currently the Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law and director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University, is an exciting and interesting call for a new genre of human-rights law. Arguing that the term ‘‘genocide’’ has imposed limitations on action to protect human rights, …
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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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The “Odious Scourge”: Evolving Interpretations Of The Crime Of Genocide, William A. Schabas
The “Odious Scourge”: Evolving Interpretations Of The Crime Of Genocide, William A. Schabas
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
The crime of genocide was defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in reaction to the concept of crimes against humanity developed at Nuremberg, which insisted upon a connection with aggressive war in prosecutions for atrocity crimes. The convention stated genocide could be committed in time of peace, but it also narrowed the scope of the crime itself to the intentional destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Cultural genocide was intentionally excluded. Although the text of the definition remains unchanged, judicial interpretation has broadened it significantly. Recent decisions have …
Full Issue 1.2
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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When Persecution Bleeds Into Mass Murder: The Processive Nature Of Genocide, Uğur Ü. Üngör
When Persecution Bleeds Into Mass Murder: The Processive Nature Of Genocide, Uğur Ü. Üngör
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
In the rapidly developing historiography of the Armenian Genocide, the processive character of pre-genocidal persecutions has received less attention than the genocidal process itself. This article treats the persecution of Ottoman Armenians as a cumulative process leading up to a mass-murder campaign in the summer of 1915. It addresses the evolution of CUP policy toward the Armenians through the prism of escalating persecution and the relationship between center and periphery. In order to illustrate the concrete implementation of this process, the province of Diyarbekir will serve as an example to clarify the history of the persecutions.
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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Rwanda And Darfur: A Comparative Analysis, Scott Straus
Rwanda And Darfur: A Comparative Analysis, Scott Straus
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
The article presents a comparative analysis of genocide in Rwanda and Darfur. The first half of the article examines the patterns and origins of violence in both cases and uses the comparison to generate some theoretical inferences about the causes of genocide. The analysis finds that both cases demonstrate a similar character of violence but that in Rwanda the violence was more intense, more exterminatory, and more participatory than in Darfur. Both episodes took place in the midst of civil war, in periods of political transition, in countries with histories of ethnic nationalism, and in areas where the conflicting ethnic …
Editors' Introduction, Alex Alvarez, Herbert Hirsch, Eric Markusen, Samuel Totten
Editors' Introduction, Alex Alvarez, Herbert Hirsch, Eric Markusen, Samuel Totten
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Upon publication of this, the first issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention, we, the four co-editors, are pleased to welcome you, the reader, to these pages. Our aim is to produce a high-quality peer-reviewed journal that addresses cutting-edge issues in the field of genocide studies and related areas such as preventive diplomacy, conflict management, intervention, sanctions, and post-genocidal issues.
Full Issue 1.1
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Why Gsp?, Isreal W. Charney, Roger W. Smith
Why Gsp?, Isreal W. Charney, Roger W. Smith
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (GSP) is the official journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and is published by the University of Toronto Press through a partnership of the IAGS and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) (IIGHRS). The two organizations share a deep commitment to the study and prevention of the genocide of all peoples.
Unsimplifying Darfur, René Lemarchand
Unsimplifying Darfur, René Lemarchand
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Much of the debate about genocide in Darfur appears woefully misinformed about the complex realities of the crisis, in particular its growing imbrication with the conflict in neighboring Chad. The parallel with Rwanda is limited, even though, in both cases, the international community has failed utterly to stop the atrocities committed against innocent civilians. No prevention strategy is likely to succeed unless cross-border raids from Chad into Darfur and vice versa are stopped, and this will not happen as long as the Sudanese and Chadian authorities are playing one faction off against another in what looks increasingly like a proxy …
Author Biographies
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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