Institutional Legacies, Decision Frames and Political Violence in Rwanda and Burundi

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-57943-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Reihe: African Governance

Rwanda and Burundi are strikingly similar countries that underwent democratization in the early 1990s. In both, resistance to democratic reforms led to coups d’état and presidential assassinations. A conundrum arises in terms of what transpires next. In Rwanda, total genocide was perpetrated by extremist Hutu actors, including government officials, upon the country’s Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu populations. In Burundi the coup d’état failed and instead ushered in a lengthy period of civil war. This divergence in outcome is puzzling given the similarity of these two countries, and it is not adequately explained by studies that address collective violence in each.

This book utilizes an integrative approach that facilitates the formation of an explanation that more fully accounts for variation in the type of collective violence that occurred in Rwanda and Burundi. Showing that political actors – during periods of major institutional change – do not all respond to or perceive reform in the exact same manner or in a necessarily rational manner, this book makes an important contribution to the literature on ethnic conflict, collective violence and democratization in Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Stacey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Genozid und ethnische Säuberung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Puzzle

Chapter 1: Extant Explanations of Collective Violence in Rwanda and Burundi

Chapter 2: An Alternative Explanation of Collective Violence

Chapter 3: Methodology and Research Design

Chapter 4: A Story of Twins

Chapter 5: Social Structures and Collective Violence in Rwanda and Burundi

Chapter 6: Traditional Political Institutions and Collective Violence in Rwanda and Burundi

Chapter 7: Reference Points, Decision Frames and the Choice to Perpetrate Genocide

Chapter 8: Conclusions

Afterward

Über Autor(innen)

Stacey M. Mitchell is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University's Perimeter College, U.S.