The Dark Side of Democracy

The Dark Side of Democracy is the most comprehensive study of ethnic cleansing.

Zusammenfassung The Dark Side of Democracy is the most comprehensive study of ethnic cleansing across the world! giving in-depth coverage of terrible cases like Armenia! the Nazi Holocaust! Cambodia! Yugoslavia! and Rwanda! as well as cases of lesser violence in early modern Europe and in contemporary India and Indonesia. Informationen zum Autor Michael Mann is a Professor of Sociology at University of California! Los Angeles. He is author of The Sources of Social Power (Cambridge 1986! 1993) and Fascists (Cambridge! 2004). Klappentext A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides! Armenia! the Nazi Holocaust! Cambodia! Yugoslavia! Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe! contemporary India! and Indonesia). Murderous cleansing is modern! 'the dark side of democracy'. It results where the demos (democracy) is confused with the ethnos (the ethnic group). Danger arises where two rival ethno-national movements each claims 'its own' state over the same territory. Conflict escalates where either the weaker side fights because of aid from outside! or the stronger side believes it can deploy sudden! overwhelming force. Escalation is not simply the work of 'evil elites' or 'primitive peoples.' It results from complex interactions between leaders! militants! and 'core constituencies' of ethno-nationalism. Understanding this complex process helps us devise policies to avoid ethnic cleansing in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The argument; 2. Ethnic cleansing in former times; 3. Two versions of 'we! the people'; 4. Genocidal democracies in the New World; 5. Armenia! I: into the danger zone; 6. Armenia! II: genocide; 7. Nazis! I: radicalization; 8. Nazis! II: fifteen hundred perpetrators; 9. Nazis! III: genocidal careers; 10. Germany's allies and auxiliaries; 11. Communist cleansing: Stalin! Mao! Pol Pot; 12. Yugoslavia! I: into the danger zone; 13. Yugoslavia! II: murderous cleansing; 14. Rwanda! I: into the danger zone; 15. Rwanda! II: genocide; 16. Counterfactual cases: India and Indonesia; 17. Combating ethnic cleansing in the world today. ...

Autorentext
Michael Mann is a Professor of Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of The Sources of Social Power, 2nd edition (Cambridge University Press, 2012-13) and Fascists (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Klappentext
A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, contemporary India, and Indonesia). Murderous cleansing is modern, 'the dark side of democracy'. It results where the demos (democracy) is confused with the ethnos (the ethnic group). Danger arises where two rival ethno-national movements each claims 'its own' state over the same territory. Conflict escalates where either the weaker side fights because of aid from outside, or the stronger side believes it can deploy sudden, overwhelming force. Escalation is not simply the work of 'evil elites' or 'primitive peoples.' It results from complex interactions between leaders, militants, and 'core constituencies' of ethno-nationalism. Understanding this complex process helps us devise policies to avoid ethnic cleansing in the future.

Inhalt
1. The argument; 2. Ethnic cleansing in former times; 3. Two versions of 'we, the people'; 4. Genocidal democracies in the New World; 5. Armenia, I: into the danger zone; 6. Armenia, II: genocide; 7. Nazis, I: radicalization; 8. Nazis, II: fifteen hundred perpetrators; 9. Nazis, III: genocidal careers; 10. Germany's allies and auxiliaries; 11. Communist cleansing: Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot; 12. Yugoslavia, I: into the danger zone; 13. Yugoslavia, II: murderous cleansing; 14. Rwanda, I: into the danger zone; 15. Rwanda, II: genocide; 16. Counterfactual cases: India and Indonesia; 17. Combating ethnic cleansing in the world today.

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