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Studying Mass Violence: Pitfalls, Problems, and Promises
2012
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This article examines some of the main pitfalls, problems, and promises of genocide research. It argues that genocide is a viable academic concept if protected from moral, legal, political, and emotional constraints. It should be approached in a dispassionate, amoral, non-juridical, and apolitical way. The article further discusses a model for understanding genocide that identifies three levels of analysis: the interstate pressures of the global state system and the influence of crises and war;
doi:10.3138/gsp.7.1.68
fatcat:zihpd6csjvdqpgb7s77na3r7uy