Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
About the Book Series
The Routledge Series in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity publishes cutting-edge research and reflections on these urgently contemporary topics. While focusing on political-historical approaches to genocide and other mass crimes, the series is open to diverse contributions from the social sciences, humanities, law, and beyond. Proposals for both sole-authored and edited volumes are welcome.
Constructing Genocide and Mass Violence: Society, Crisis, Identity
1st Edition
By Maureen S. Hiebert
February 04, 2019
This book addresses two closely related questions: what is the process by which the relatively short and violent genocides of the twentieth century and beyond have occurred? Why have these instances of mass violence been genocidal and not some other form of state violence, repression, or conflict?...
Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide
1st Edition
Edited
By Samuel Totten
February 04, 2019
Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide is a collection of hypothetical ‘last lectures’ by some of the top scholars and practitioners across the globe in the fields of human rights and genocide studies. Each lecture purportedly constitutes the last thing the author will ever ...
The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Bachman
February 04, 2019
There exists a dominant narrative that essentially defines the US’ relationship with genocide through what the US has failed to do to stop or prevent genocide, rather than through how its actions have contributed to the commission of genocide. This narrative acts to conceal the true nature of the ...
Preventing Mass Atrocities: Policies and Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Harff, Ted Robert Gurr
September 04, 2018
What can be done to warn about and organize political action to prevent genocide and mass atrocities? The international contributors to this volume are either experts or practitioners, often both, who have contributed in substantial ways to analyzing high risk situations, recommending preventive ...
The Structural Prevention of Mass Atrocities: Understanding Risk and Resilience
1st Edition
By Stephen McLoughlin
December 02, 2016
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...