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Book SynopsisMass Atrocities, Risk and Resilience examines the relationship between risk and resilience in the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities and explores two broad areas of neglect. In terms of prevention, there is very little research that analyzes how local and national actors manage the risk associated with mass atrocities. In the field of comparative genocide studies, to date there has been very little interest in examining negative cases. Although much is known about why mass atrocities occur, much less is established about why they do not occur. The contributions in this book address this neglect in two important ways. First, they challenge commonly-accepted approaches to prevention. Second, they explore negative cases in order to better understand how local and national actors have mitigated risk over time.
Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction – Exploring Risk and Resilience: Implications for comparative genocide studies, and mass atrocity prevention Stephen McLoughlin PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO PREVENTION 2. The Next ‘Spring’ is Certain to Come – and Certain to be Missed: Deficits in conflict prevention and research Witold Mucha 3. ‘Who is the subject of atrocities prevention?’ Bridget Conley-Zilkic 4. Rethinking the Structural Prevention of Mass Atrocities Stephen McLoughlin PART II: INVESTIGATING THE NON-OCCURRENCE OF GENOCIDE AND OTHER MASS ATROCITIES 5. International Affinity and the Prevention of Genocide: Implications for R2P Manus I. Midlarsky 6. Rethinking Approaches to Prevention under the Responsibility to Protect: Agency and Empowerment within Vulnerable Populations Deborah Mayersen 7. Indigenous State-building: 'Local' actors in Somaliland's stabilization Michael Walls 8. Iran 1998-2008: Insight on the containment of risk Sara E. Davies 9.Azerbaijan 1998-2008: Ceasefire, stalemate and simmering tensions Stephen McLoughlin Bibliography About the Authors Index
