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From War to Genocide: Criminal Politics in Rwanda, 1990–1994
Andre Guichaoua
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hardcover. A landmark of meticulous historical research about the 1994 Rwandan genocide, showing that the same virulent controversies that fueled the killings have often influenced judicial, political, and diplomatic responses to it, implicating state actors, international institutions, academics, and the media. Translator(s): Webster, Don E. Series: Critical Human Rights. Num Pages: 424 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 284 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
In April 1994 Rwanda exploded in violence, with political, social, and economic divisions most visible along ethnic lines of the Hutu and Tutsi factions. The ensuing killings resulted in the deaths of as much as 20 percent of Rwanda’s population. André Guichaoua, who was present as the genocide began, unfolds a complex story with multiple actors, including three major political parties that each encompassed a spectrum of positions, all reacting to and influencing a rapidly evolving situation. Economic polarities, famine-fueled privation, clientelism, corruption, north-south rivalries, and events in the neighboring nations of Burundi and Uganda all deepened ethnic tensions, allowing ... Read more
In April 1994 Rwanda exploded in violence, with political, social, and economic divisions most visible along ethnic lines of the Hutu and Tutsi factions. The ensuing killings resulted in the deaths of as much as 20 percent of Rwanda’s population. André Guichaoua, who was present as the genocide began, unfolds a complex story with multiple actors, including three major political parties that each encompassed a spectrum of positions, all reacting to and influencing a rapidly evolving situation. Economic polarities, famine-fueled privation, clientelism, corruption, north-south rivalries, and events in the neighboring nations of Burundi and Uganda all deepened ethnic tensions, allowing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Critical Human Rights
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299298203
SKU
V9780299298203
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About Andre Guichaoua
André Guichaoua is a professor of sociology, specializing in the African Great Lakes region, at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He served as an expert witness on the Rwandan genocide before several courts and judicial bodies, including the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda of the United Nations. Don E. Webster is a former senior legal counsel and ... Read more
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