The Slippery Slope to Genocide

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-979174-3
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 801 g

Genocide results from the culmination of conflicts over identity. A group of people that feels threatened by extinction resorts to genocide as a pathologically defensive reaction. This poses a security dilemma that can only be broken by quelling the feelings of threat and fear that prompt mass violence. In order to prevent genocide, it is essential to understand the internal dynamics of identity conflict. It is also important to intervene at the early stages of
identity conflict; the parties involved require external help to ease tensions.

In this volume, noted thinkers and practitioners of conflict management, who hail from ten different countries, present ideas on how to prevent identity issues from causing fear and escalating into genocide. They focus on measures for handling the internal dynamics of parties facing identity conflicts, as well as considerations for arranging external assistance. Contributors address the problem of outbidders, actors whose non-conciliatory attitudes put them in positions of leadership in their
identity groups. Since political extremism and violence can signal resolve and commitment to a group cause, moderates give way to hardliners. Spoilers, who believe that peace undermines their interests and power, also play a key role in the dynamics of conflicts. Careful attention is necessary to
select appropriate third parties who can pull conflicting parties off the course of conflict. The authors discuss the concepts and practices involved in changing structures and attitudes to ease tensions, as well as the measures interveners must take to work in the midst of conflicting groups.

Zielgruppe

Graduate and advanced undergraduate students in International Relations, Ethnic Studies, and Conflict Studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anstey

Anstey, Mark

Meerts, Paul

Zartman, I. William

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Politische Unterdrückung & Verfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1: The Problem: Preventing Identity Conflicts and Genocide
Mark Anstey and I. William Zartman

Chapter 2: The Roots and Prevention of Genocide and Related Mass Violence
Ervin Staub

Part II. Internal Dynamics: The Parties

Chapter 3: The Identity Trap: Managing Paradox in Crisis Bargaining
William A. Donohue

Chapter 4: The Identity Narratives
Jesús Romero-Trillo

Chapter 5: Negotiating Memories and Justice in the Philippines
Ariel Macaspac Penetrante

Chapter 6: Diasporas and the Politics of Identity in International Negotiations
Fen Osler Hampson

Chapter 7: Outbidding and the Decision to Negotiate
Jannie Liljia

Chapter 8: The Insides of Identity and Intragroup Conflict
Jay Rothman

Chapter 9: Handling Spoilers and the Prospect of Violence
Marie-Joëlle Zahar

Part III. Intervention Dynamics: The Mediator

Chapter 10: Mediation and Identity Conflicts
Joshua Smilovitz

Chapter 11: The Challenge of Partnerism
Moty Cristal

Chapter 12: Conditions for Internal Conflict Resolution through External Intervention
Frank Pfetsch

Chapter 13: Who Gets What in Peace Agreements?
David Cunningham

Chapter 14: Evolving International Law of Intervention and Prevention
Franz Cede, University of Budapest

Chapter 15: The International Community Response
Peter Wallensteen, Frida Möller, and Erik Melander

Chapter 16: OSCE HCNM: Strategies of the Legitimate Intervener in Internal Identity Conflicts
Fedor Meerts and Tassos Coulaloglou

Chapter 17: Negotiating Out of Conflict: External Interventions in Africa
Mark Anstey

Part IV. Conclusions

Chapter 18: Lessons for Theory
I. William Zartman and Mark Anstey

Chapter 19:Lessons for Practice
Mart Anstey and Paul Meerts

Über Autor(innen)

Anstey, Mark
Mark Anstey is Professor at Michigan State University in Dubai. He is also Emeritus Professor at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, and has taught in several other South African universities. Involved in promoting peace in South Africa, he served as Director of Monitoring (Eastern Cape) for the Independent Electoral Commission in the country's historic 1994 elections.

Meerts, Paul
Paul Meerts is Advisor to the Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations at Clingendael. He is a visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges), the University of Economics (Prague), and the UNESCO Institute for Water Education (Delft).

Zartman, I. William
I. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. His books include <I>Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse</I> and <I>Negotiation and Conflict Management</I>.

Mark Anstey is Professor at Michigan State University in Dubai. He is also Emeritus Professor at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, and has taught in several other South African universities. Involved in promoting peace in South Africa, he served as Director of Monitoring (Eastern Cape) for the Independent Electoral Commission in the country's historic 1994 elections.

Paul Meerts is Advisor to the Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations at Clingendael. He is a visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges), the University of Economics (Prague), and the UNESCO Institute for Water Education (Delft).

I. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. His books include Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse and Negotiation and Conflict Management.