The Genocide Debate. Politicians, Academics, and Victims.
Donald W. Beachler
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Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 323.
Neither a case study of a particular genocide nor a work of comparative genocide, this book explores the political constraints and imperatives that motivate debates about genocide in the academic world and, to a lesser extent, in the political arena. The book is an analysis of the ways that political interests shape discourse about genocide.
Neither a case study of a particular genocide nor a work of comparative genocide, this book explores the political constraints and imperatives that motivate debates about genocide in the academic world and, to a lesser extent, in the political arena. The book is an analysis of the ways that political interests shape discourse about genocide.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349295746
SKU
V9781349295746
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99-15
About Donald W. Beachler
DONALD W. BEACHLER Associate Professor of Politics at Ithaca College, USA.
Reviews for The Genocide Debate. Politicians, Academics, and Victims.
"In his timely new book, The Genocide Debate , Donald W. Beachler makes a compelling case that studying the politics of genocide scholarship is as important as studying genocide itself. By showing how different episodes of mass killing - in Rwanda, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nazi Germany, and the Ottoman Empire - have been politicized, he offers a useful comparative perspective on ... Read more