The slippery slope to genocide : reducing identity conflicts and preventing mass murder /

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 viole...

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Other Authors: Zartman, I. William, Anstey, Mark, Meerts, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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 co.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 403 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199791996
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