Genocide in the Modern Age: State-Society Relations in the Making of Mass Political Violence

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Zachary A. Karazsia (Valdosta State University, USA)

Genocide in the Modern Age

State-Society Relations in the Making of Mass Political Violence

Zachary A. Karazsia (Valdosta State University, USA)

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English

Routledge
30 January 2025

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Genocide & ethnic cleansing; International relations; Theory of warfare & military science; International criminal law

Series: Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

This book explores why some episodes of mass political violence and genocide are so much deadlier than others and under what conditions perpetrators in government and society opt for brutality as a means of accomplishing their goals. Introducing the new concept of ""mass political violence"" to explain genocide and other mass killings in the modern world, the author investigates ""how"" perpetrators sustain the capacity to enact violence on a large-scale, irrespective of motives. Cases including the Holocaust, Soviet Union, Rwanda, Cambodia, the Lord’s Resistance Army, the Islamic State, the Ottoman Empire of the 1890s, Mao Zedong’s revolutionary violence, the Congo Crisis, and Darfur are used by the author to identify four types of mass political violence perpetrators – state actors, state-society coalitions, state-sponsored groups, and non-state actors to explain historical trends and identify which perpetrators are most likely to emerge in a given socio-political context and sustain violence over time. Comparative and grounded in case studies, this book will interest policymakers, diplomats, governmental advisers, practitioners, and industry researchers. It will also be invaluable to students and scholars of Political Science, International Affairs, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Human Rights, Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Political Psychology, Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Public Policy, Media Studies, and Criminology.

By: Zachary A. Karazsia (Valdosta State University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 807g
ISBN: 9781032634944
ISBN 10: 1032634944
Series: Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zachary A. Karazsia is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Valdosta State University where he is an affiliate faculty member in the Africana Studies program, the faculty adviser for the Model United Nations program, and chair of the Working Group on Conflict and Security. He received his Ph.D. from Florida International University, attended MIT’s inaugural Summer Wargaming Institute in 2024, was a fellow at the 2015 American Political Science Association Africa Workshop on Conflict and Political Violence, and previously served as a Limited Term Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University.