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The complexity of evil : perpetration and genocide /

"Why do people participate in genocide? The Complexity of Evil responds to this fundamental question by drawing on political science, sociology, criminology, anthropology, social psychology, and history to develop a model which can explain perpetration across various different cases. Focusing i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Timothy, 1987- (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Series:Genocide, political violence, human rights series.
Subjects:
Genocide.
Mass murder.
Violence.
Violence
Meurtre multiple.
violence.
Political Science > Human Rights.
Genocide
Mass murder
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Vignette I. Chandara: A Fearful Volunteer Enters the Tiger Zone
  • Chapter 1. The Complexity of Evil: Introducing the Model
  • Vignette II. Sokong: A Coerced Killer with a Conscience
  • Chapter 2. Motivations
  • Vignette III. Sokphary: A Female Unit Leader with a Sense of Responsibility for Her Subordinates
  • Chapter 3. Facilitative Factors
  • Vignette IV. Sopheak: An Interrogator Searching to Unearth Enemy Strings
  • Chapter 4. Contextual Conditions
  • Vignette V. Sokha: A Child Guard the Regime Turned On
  • Chapter 5. Diversity, Complexity, Scope: Discussing the Model and Its Empirical Application
  • Vignette VI. Ramy: A Garment Worker Participating in the Evacuation of Phnom Penh
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: List of Interviewees
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author