LEADER 03206cam a22004814a 4500001 234123 005 20240621215758.0 008 080505t20092009paub b s001 0 eng 010 2008018612 016 7 014772277 |2Uk 020 9780812241204 |qalkaline paper 020 0812241207 |qalkaline paper 020 9780812220902 |qalkaline paper 020 0812220900 |qalkaline paper 035 (OCoLC)ocn227327648 035 234123 043 fc----- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBTCTA |dBAKER |dYDXCP |dUKM |dC#P |dBWX |dCDX |dIXA |dVVC |dSBM |dORX |dSGB |dHEBIS |dOCLCQ |dDEBSZ |dBDX |dOCLCF |dLHM 050 00 DT352.8 |b.L46 2009 100 1 Lemarchand, René. 245 14 The dynamics of violence in central Africa / |cRené Lemarchand. 264 1 Philadelphia : |bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, |c[2009] 264 4 |c©2009 300 xv, 327 pages : |bmaps ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index. 505 0 The regional context. The geopolitics of the Great Lakes Region ; The road to Hell -- Rwanda and Burundi: the genocidal twins. Comparative perspectives. Ethnicity as myth ; Genocide in the Great Lakes: which genocide? Whose genocide? ; Rwanda. The rationality of genocide ; Hate crimes ; The politics of memory ; Rwanda and the Holocaust reconsidered ; Burundi. Burundi 1972: a forgotten genocide ; Burundi at the crossroads ; Burundi's endangered transition -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo: from failed state to fragile transition. A blocked transition: Zaire in 1993 ; Ethnic violence, public policies, and social capital in North Kivu ; The DRC: from failure to potential reconstruction ; The tunnel at the end of the light ; From Kabila to Kabila: what else is new? 520 The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa provides a thorough exploration of the contemporary crises in the region. By focusing on the historical and social forces behind the cycles of bloodshed in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, René Lemarchand challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the roots of civil strife in former Belgian Africa. --from publisher description. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 Africa, Central |xPolitics and government |y1960- 651 0 Africa, Central |xEconomic conditions |y1960- 651 0 Africa, Central |xEthnic relations |xPolitical aspects. 650 0 Political violence |zGreat Lakes Region (Africa) 650 0 Geopolitics |zGreat Lakes Region (Africa) 650 0 Genocide |zGreat Lakes Region (Africa) 830 0 National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century. 856 42 |3Table of contents only |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0817/2008018612.html 856 42 |qapplication/pdf |uhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc%5Flibrary=BVB01&doc%5Fnumber=016655662&line%5Fnumber=0001&func%5Fcode=DB%5FRECORDS&service%5Ftype=MEDIA |3Table of contents 852 0 |bstacks |hDT352.8 |i.L46 2009