{"product_id":"making-and-unmaking-nations-war-leadership-and-genocide-in-modern-africa-paperback","title":"Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Straus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Grawmeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 2018\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Joseph Lepgold Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Best Books in Conflict Studies (APSA)\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Best Book in Human Rights (ISA)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaking and Unmaking Nations\u003c\/i\u003e, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide takes place--and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may have seemed likely or even inevitable. To solve that puzzle, he examines postcolonial Africa, analyzing countries in which genocide occurred and where it could have but did not. Why have there not been other Rwandas? Straus finds that deep-rooted ideologies--how leaders make their nations--shape strategies of violence and are central to what leads to or away from genocide. Other critical factors include the dynamics of war, the role of restraint, and the interaction between national and local actors in the staging of campaigns of large-scale violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded in Straus's extensive fieldwork in contemporary Africa, the study of major twentieth-century cases of genocide, and the literature on genocide and political violence, Making and Unmaking Nations centers on cogent analyses of three nongenocide cases (Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal) and two in which genocide took place (Rwanda and Sudan). Straus's empirical analysis is based in part on an original database of presidential speeches from 1960 to 2005. The book also includes a broad-gauge analysis of all major cases of large-scale violence in Africa since decolonization. Straus's insights into the causes of genocide will inform the study of political violence as well as giving policymakers and nongovernmental organizations valuable tools for the future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Straus is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda\u003c\/i\u003e, also from Cornell, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eIntimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfrica's Stalled Development: International Causes and Cures\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coeditor most recently of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Rights Paradox: Universality and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451699740850,"sku":"9780801479687","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/091c7eea88e3a832b0f29edf4b656591.webp?v=1778799189","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/making-and-unmaking-nations-war-leadership-and-genocide-in-modern-africa-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}