ISBN:
9781317755777
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (243 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
Parallel Title:
Hiebert, Maureen S. Constructing genocide and mass violence
Parallel Title:
Print version Hiebert, Maureen S Constructing Genocide and Mass Violence : Society, Crisis, Identity
DDC:
340.09
Keywords:
Genocide History
;
Violence History
;
Genocide ; History
;
Electronic books
;
Völkermord
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Kambodscha
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The genocidal process: a constructivist approach -- Introduction -- I. Defining genocide -- II. Theorizing genocide -- III. A constructivist theory of genocide: an overview -- IV. The cases: the final solution and the killing fields -- Part I Theorizing the "permissive" socio-political environment of genocide -- Introduction -- I. The 'permissive' socio-political environment: a theoretical overview -- II. Three dimensions of the permissive socio-political environment -- A. Dimension one: exclusionary and unequal patterns of group interaction -- B. Dimension two: exclusionary conceptions of the community -- C. Dimension three: authoritarian modes of conflict management -- 2 Germany -- I. Exclusionary and unequal patterns of group interaction -- A. Restrictions on citizenship and resistance to emancipation -- B. Economic restrictions -- C. Restrictive associational life -- II. Exclusionary conceptions of the community -- A. Anti-Semitic beliefs and attitudes -- B. Jews as non-members of the community -- III. Authoritarian modes of conflict management -- A. Non-responsive governance -- B. Authoritarian responses to perceived conflicts -- 3 Cambodia -- I. Exclusionary and unequal patterns of group interaction -- A. Social relationships and social stratification -- B. Education system -- C. The economic system and socio-economic stratification -- II. Exclusionary conceptions of the community -- A. Hindu and Buddhist traditions and conceptions of the "in-" and "out-group" -- B. Socio-economic, urban-rural, and ethnic antipathies -- C. Passivity and disproportionate revenge -- III. Authoritarian modes of conflict management -- A. Authoritarian legacy of the god-king -- B. Factionalism and the repression of political opponents -- Conclusion to Part I.
Abstract:
Part II Crises: the catalyst for destruction -- Introduction -- 4 Inter-war Germany: crises and interpretation -- I. Security crises -- A. World War I -- B. The failed revolution of 1918 -- II. Economic crises -- A. The Treaty of Versailles and impact of reparations -- B. Hyperinflation, unemployment, and the Great Depression -- III. Political crises -- A. Political instability and violence -- 5 Cambodia: the Sihanoukist and Lon Nol years: crises and interpretation -- I. Economic crises -- A. Underdevelopment and economic nationalization -- B. Stagnation and corruption -- C. Civil war and economic collapse -- II. Political crises -- A. Sihanouk and parliamentary politics -- B. The Samlaut Rebellion and aftermath -- C. After the coup -- III. Military and security crises -- A. The second Indochina War -- B. The bombing campaign -- C. Khmer Rouge isolation and civil war -- Conclusion to Part II -- Part III Reconceptualizing the victim group: the "three switches" of genocide -- Introduction -- I. Genocide as a strategic or rational choice? -- A. Strategic choice explanations -- B. Rational choice explanations -- II. Constructing victims: a constructivist explanation -- III. The "three switches" -- A. Switch one: victims as foreigners -- B. Switch two: victims as mortal threat -- C. Switch three: victims as subhumans -- III. Warrants for genocide -- A. Warrant for the final solution -- B. The warrant for the killing fields -- 6 The Nazi "final solution" -- I. Switch one: victims as foreigners -- II. Switch two: victims as mortal threats -- A. First threat motif: epic struggle -- B. Second threat motif: foreign control or influence -- C. Third threat motif: biological contagion -- III. Switch three: victims as subhumans -- 7 The Khmer Rouge killing fields -- I. Switch one: victims as foreigners -- II. Switch two: victims as mortal threat
Abstract:
A. First threat motif: epic struggle -- B. Second threat motif: foreign control or influence -- C. Third threat motif: biological contagion -- III. Switch three: victims as subhumans -- 8 Vietnam: abuses without genocide -- I. Switch one: victims as wayward opponents -- II. Switch two: the threat of actors with real power -- Conclusion to Part III -- Sources cited -- I. Primary sources -- A. Cambodia -- B. Holocaust -- C. Vietnam -- II. Secondary sources -- Index
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