Search for dissertations about: "genocide studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words genocide studies.

  2. 1. Cultures of Denial : Comparing Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Denial

    Author : Maria Karlsson; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Denial; denialism; genocide; Holocaust; Armenian genocide; 1915; negationism; historiography; scholarship; Bernard Lewis; Arno Mayer; objectivity; genocide studies; revisionism;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the phenomenon of modern genocide denial, focusing in particular on the Western denialist cultures surrounding the Holocaust and the Armenian genocide of 1915.While those denying, rationalizing or trivializing the Holocaust may be completely separated from those engaging in denial of the Armenian genocide, both cultures of denial have undergone similar historical phases and developments. READ MORE

  4. 2. THE INITIATION OF A NORM FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH. Rwanda’s Gacaca, Pioneering the “Traditional” Transitional Justice Norm

    Author : Alice Uwagaga Karekezi Urusaro; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and Development Studies; Gacaca; Rwanda; Global South; Norms; Norm Creation; Norm Life Cycle; Postcolonialism; Decoloniality; Genocide; Postgenocide;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the pre-emergence phase of an internationalized norm by focusing on Rwanda’s creation of Gacaca. It argues that the Gacaca pioneered the “traditional” transitional justice norm. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Economics of Genocide and War

    Author : Thorsten Rogall; Torsten Persson; Tavneet Suri; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conflict; Political Elites; Genocide; Strategic Violence; Inequality; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Preparing for Genocide: Community Work in RwandaHow do political elites prepare the civilian population for participation in violent conflict? We empirically investigate this question using village-level data from the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Every Saturday before 1994, Rwandan villagers had to meet to work on community infrastructure, a practice called Umuganda. READ MORE

  6. 4. The holocaust and genocide in history and politics. A study of the discrepancy between human rights law and international politics

    Author : Malin Isaksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The Holocaust; Genocide; Genocide Convention International Law; International Politics; United Nations;

    Abstract : The focus of the dissertation is on the role of the Holocaust in interpreting genocide in international politics. The Holocaust by becoming one of the main influences on morality and ethics in the post-world war world is often seen as a standard to measure good and evil. READ MORE

  7. 5. Utopias of Nation : Local Mass Killing in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1941-42

    Author : Tomislav Dulic; Jan Lindegren; Kjell Magnusson; Milan Ristović; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; political history; social history; Bosnia and Herzegovina; World War II; slavic studies; genocide; mass killing; twentieth century; terror; demographics; Yugoslavia; Chetniks; Ustasha; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History;

    Abstract : This study analyses the mechanisms of local mass violence perpetrated by the Croatian fascist Ustasha organisation and the Serbian nationalist Chetniks in Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1941–42. A theoretical and methodological model has been devised, that is based on an investigation the three “dimensions” of mass killing, namely intent, systematics and magnitude. READ MORE