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1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Genocide is one of the most heinous abuses of human rights imaginable, yet reaction to it by European governments in the post-Cold War world has been criticised for not matching the severity of the crime. European governments rarely agree on whether to call a situation genocide, and responses to purported genocides have often been limited to delivering humanitarian aid to victims and supporting prosecution of perpetrators in international criminal tribunals. More coercive measures - including sanctions or military intervention - are usually rejected as infeasible or unnecessary. This book explores the European approach to genocide, reviewing government attitudes towards the negotiation and ratification of the 1948 Genocide Convention and analysing responses to purported genocides since the end of Word War II. Karen E. Smith considers why some European governments were hostile to the Genocide Convention and why European governments have been reluctant to use the term genocide to describe atrocities ever since"--Provided by publisher. |
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"Genocide is one of the most heinous abuses of human rights imaginable, yet reaction to it by European governments in the post-Cold War world has been criticised for not matching the severity of the crime. European governments rarely agree on whether to call a situation genocide, and their responses to purported genocides have often been limited to delivering humanitarian aid to victims and supporting prosecution of perpetrators in international criminal tribunals. More coercive measures - including sanctions or military intervention - are usually rejected as infeasible or unnecessary. This book explores the European approach to genocide, reviewing government attitudes towards the negotiation and ratification of the 1948 Genocide Convention and analysing responses to purported genocides since the end of Word War II. Karen E. Smith considers why some European governments were hostile to the Genocide Convention and why European governments have been reluctant to use the term genocide to describe atrocities ever since"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-274) and index. |
| Contents |
The norms against genocide -- European governments and the development of the international legal framework on genocide -- European discourses on genocide during the Cold War -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Rwanda -- Kosovo -- Darfur -- Is there a European way of responding to genocide? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Genocide -- History -- 21st century.
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Genocide. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Genocide -- Case studies.
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Europeans -- Attitudes.
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Europeans -- Attitudes. |
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Europeans. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Karen Elizabeth. Genocide and the Europeans. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521116350 (DLC) 2010022035 (OCoLC)636566561 |
| ISBN |
9780511860430 (electronic book) |
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0511860439 (electronic book) |
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9780511760570 (electronic book) |
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0511760574 (electronic book) |
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9780521116350 |
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052111635X |
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9780521133296 |
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0521133297 |
| Standard No. |
9786612930652 |
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