ISBN:
0511231652
,
9780511231650
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 580 pages)
,
1 map
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mann, Michael, 1942- Dark side of democracy
DDC:
304.6/63
Keywords:
Political atrocities
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Genocide
;
State-sponsored terrorism
;
Ethnicity Political aspects
;
Democracy Moral and ethical aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Demography
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Democracy ; Moral and ethical aspects
;
Ethnicity ; Political aspects
;
Genocide
;
Political atrocities
;
State-sponsored terrorism
;
Genocide
;
Nationalisme
;
Politiek geweld
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The argument -- Ethnic cleansing in former times -- Two versions of "We, the People" -- Genocidal democracies in the new world -- Armenia, I: into the danger zone -- Armenia, II: genocide -- Nazis, I: radicalization -- Nazis, II: fifteen hundred perpetrators -- Nazis III: genocidal careers -- Germany's allies and auxiliaries -- Communist cleansing: Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot -- Yugoslavia, I: into the danger zone -- Yugoslavia, II: Murderous cleansing -- Rwanda, I: into the danger zone -- Rwanda, II: genocide -- Counterfactual cases: India and Indonesia -- Combating ethnic cleansing in the world today.
Abstract:
This comprehensive study of international ethnic cleansing provides in-depth coverage of its occurrences in Armenia, Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, as well as cases of lesser violence in early modern Europe and in contemporary India and Indonesia. After presenting a general theory of why serious conflict emerges and how it escalates into mass murder, Michael Mann offers suggestions on how to avoid such escalation in the future. Michael Mann is the author of Fascists (Cambridge, 2004) and The Sources of Social Power (Cambridge 1986). The Dark Side of Democracy is the most comprehensive study of ethnic cleansing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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