Comparative genocide
Comparative genocide is a field of study that focuses on comparing and contrasting different genocides. The purpose of this subject of study is to determine whether or not there is a pattern to the crime of genocide. The study involves the comparison of current at-risk countries, retrospective cases and the precipitating factors and the legacies surrounding past genocides. The study of comparative genocide begins with studying an at risk country and its history of mass atrocities with an attempt to determine any sort of explanation that can be considered valid as to why genocides occur. The school of thought this study presents is that through the understanding of genocidal crimes and the making of comparisons; this educational approach can help a country's government, the United Nations and the world in the prevention of future genocidal crimes.[1][2]
See also
References
- Alan S Rosenbaum (1 January 2009). Is the Holocaust Unique?: Perspectives on Comparative Genocide. Westview Press. pp. 1–39. ISBN 978-0-7867-2745-2.
- Alex Alvarez (22 February 2001). Governments, Citizens, and Genocide: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach. Indiana University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-253-10848-9.
Further reading
- Levon Chorbajian; George Shirinian (15 April 1999). Studies in Comparative Genocide. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-21933-8.
- Alan S Rosenbaum (1 January 2009). Is the Holocaust Unique?: Perspectives on Comparative Genocide. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-7867-2745-2.
- Horacio Verbitsky (1996). The Flight: Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior. New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-009-6.
- Norman M. Naimark (25 December 2011). Stalin's Genocides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15238-7.
- Jens Meierhenrich (April 2013). Genocide: A Reader. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-537770-5.
- Martha Minow (1998). Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-4507-7.