Genocide Ethnonationalism And The United Nations

Author : Hannibal Travis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 041553125X
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations written by Hannibal Travis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations examines a series of related crises in human civilization growing out of conflicts between powerful states or empires and indigenous or stateless peoples. This is the first book to attempt to explore the causes of genocide and other mass killing by a detailed exploration of UN archives covering the period spanning from 1945 through 2011. Hannibal Travis argues that large states and empires disproportionately committed or facilitated genocide and other mass killings between 1945 and 2011. His research incorporates data concerning factors linked to the scale of mass killing, and recent findings in human rights, political science, and legal theory. Turning to potential solutions, he argues that the concept of genocide imagines a future system of global governance under which the nation-state itself is made subject to law. The United Nations, however, has deflected the possibility of such a cosmopolitical law. It selectively condemns genocide and has established an institutional structure that denies most peoples subjected to genocide of a realistic possibility of global justice, lacks a robust international criminal tribunal or UN army, and even encourages "security" cooperation among states that have proven to be destructive of peoples in the past. Questions raised include: What have been the causes of mass killing during the period since the United Nations Charter entered into force in 1945? How does mass killing spread across international borders, and what is the role of resource wealth, the arms trade, and external interference in this process? Have the United Nations or the International Criminal Court faced up to the problem of genocide and other forms of mass killing, as is their mandate?

Author : Hannibal Travis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136298002
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations written by Hannibal Travis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations examines a series of related crises in human civilization growing out of conflicts between powerful states or empires and indigenous or stateless peoples. This is the first book to attempt to explore the causes of genocide and other mass killing by a detailed exploration of UN archives covering the period spanning from 1945 through 2011. Hannibal Travis argues that large states and empires disproportionately committed or facilitated genocide and other mass killings between 1945 and 2011. His research incorporates data concerning factors linked to the scale of mass killing, and recent findings in human rights, political science, and legal theory. Turning to potential solutions, he argues that the concept of genocide imagines a future system of global governance under which the nation-state itself is made subject to law. The United Nations, however, has deflected the possibility of such a cosmopolitical law. It selectively condemns genocide and has established an institutional structure that denies most peoples subjected to genocide of a realistic possibility of global justice, lacks a robust international criminal tribunal or UN army, and even encourages "security" cooperation among states that have proven to be destructive of peoples in the past. Questions raised include: What have been the causes of mass killing during the period since the United Nations Charter entered into force in 1945? How does mass killing spread across international borders, and what is the role of resource wealth, the arms trade, and external interference in this process? Have the United Nations or the International Criminal Court faced up to the problem of genocide and other forms of mass killing, as is their mandate?

Author : Michael Barnett
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801488672
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eyewitness to a Genocide written by Michael Barnett and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EYEWITNESS TO A GENOCIDE -- Contents -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE? -- 1. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR -- 2. RWANDA THROUGH ROSE-COLORED GLASSES -- 3. "IF THIS IS AN EASY OPERATION ..."--4. THE FOG OF GENOCIDE -- 5. DIPLOMATIC GAMES -- 6. THE HUNT FOR MORAL RESPONSIBILITY -- AFTERWORD -- BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF RWANDAN CONFLICT -- SELECTED CHRONOLOGY OF UNITED NATIONS' SECURITY AGENDA -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEX

Author : David Wippman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501730061
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Law and Ethnic Conflict written by David Wippman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breakup of the former Yugoslavia demonstrates the limitations of international law in the face of ethnic conflict. The contributors to this book examine the various roles international law and international institutions play in dealing with ethnic conflict. International Law and Ethnic Conflict first covers general philosophical, historical, and cultural issues arising from attempts to apply international law to ethnic conflict. The authors assess the legitimacy of demands based on group identity, the legal rights of ethnic groups, the validity of various entitlement claims, and the meaning of statehood. They then consider the institutional and policy responses of international organizations and states in their attempts to deal with ethnic conflict and analyze the extent to which various forms of intervention prove successful.

Author : Uğur Ümit Üngör
Publisher : War, Conflict and Genocide Studies
ISBN 13 : 9789089645241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genocide, New Perspectives on Its Causes, Courses and Consequences written by Uğur Ümit Üngör and published by War, Conflict and Genocide Studies. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection gathers a stellar roster of contributors to offer a range of perspectives from different disciplines to attempt to understand the pervasiveness of genocidal violence.

Author : Michael Mann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521538541
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dark Side of Democracy written by Michael Mann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
Publisher : United Nations
ISBN 13 : 9213617143
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2013 written by United Nations Office of Legal Affairs and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yearbook contains documentary materials of a legal character concerning the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). The present volume covers activities in 2013 and contains: legislative texts and treaties, or provisions thereof, concerning the legal status of the UN and related IGOs; a general overview of the legal activities of the UN and related IGOs; selected treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the organizations concerned; selected decisions of administrative tribunals of the UN and related IGOs; selected legal opinions of the UN and related IGOs; a list of judgments, advisory opinions and selected decisions rendered by international tribunals; selected decisions of national tribunals relating to the work of the UN and related IGOs.

Author : Paul Mojzes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442206632
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Balkan Genocides written by Paul Mojzes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the twentieth century, the Balkan Peninsula was affected by three major waves of genocides and ethnic cleansings, some of which are still being denied today. In Balkan Genocides Paul Mojzes provides a balanced and detailed account of these events, placing them in their proper historical context and debunking the common misrepresentations and misunderstandings of the genocides themselves. A native of Yugoslavia, Mojzes offers new insights into the Balkan genocides, including a look at the unique role of ethnoreligiosity in these horrific events and a characterization of the first and second Balkan wars as mutual genocides. Mojzes also looks to the region's future, discussing the ongoing trials at the International Criminal Tribunal in Yugoslavia and the prospects for dealing with the lingering issues between Balkan nations and different religions. Balkan Genocides attempts to end the vicious cycle of revenge which has fueled such horrors in the past century by analyzing the terrible events and how they came to pass.

Author : Ellis Cashmore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113444706X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies written by Ellis Cashmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book comprises essays, each highlighting a particular word or term germane to the study of race and ethnic studies.

Author : Amy Chua
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1400076374
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World on Fire written by Amy Chua and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and religious zealotry associated with underdevelopment. In this revelatory investigation of the true impact of globalization, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua explains why many developing countries are in fact consumed by ethnic violence after adopting free market democracy. Chua shows how in non-Western countries around the globe, free markets have concentrated starkly disproportionate wealth in the hands of a resented ethnic minority. These “market-dominant minorities” – Chinese in Southeast Asia, Croatians in the former Yugoslavia, whites in Latin America and South Africa, Indians in East Africa, Lebanese in West Africa, Jews in post-communist Russia – become objects of violent hatred. At the same time, democracy empowers the impoverished majority, unleashing ethnic demagoguery, confiscation, and sometimes genocidal revenge. She also argues that the United States has become the world’s most visible market-dominant minority, a fact that helps explain the rising tide of anti-Americanism around the world. Chua is a friend of globalization, but she urges us to find ways to spread its benefits and curb its most destructive aspects.