Mass Atrocities, Risk and Resilience: Rethinking Prevention - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004299866 ISBN 13: 9789004299863

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff, 2015

Synopsis

Mass Atrocities, Risk and Resilience examines the relationship between risk and resilience in the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities and explores two broad areas of neglect. In terms of prevention, there is very little research that analyzes how local and national actors manage the risk associated with mass atrocities. In the field of comparative genocide studies, to date there has been very little interest in examining negative cases. Although much is known about why mass atrocities occur, much less is established about why they do not occur. The contributions in this book address this neglect in two important ways. First, they challenge commonly-accepted approaches to prevention. Second, they explore negative cases in order to better understand how local and national actors have mitigated risk over time.

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About the Author

Stephen McLoughlin is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy, at Griffith University. His research interests include mass atrocities early warning, structural prevention of mass atrocities, ethnic conflict in post-communist states, and the responsibility to protect. His current research is focused on understanding local and national sources of resilience, and how these play a protective role in states at risk of future atrocities. He is the author of the recent book The Structural Prevention of Mass Atrocities: Understanding Risk and Resilience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004299866
• ISBN 13: 9789004299863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: McLoughlin Stephen