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DOI	10.1080/14623528.2011.606687
	Risk and resilience to mass atrocities in Africa: a comparison of Rwanda and Botswana
	Mayersen, Deborah; Mcloughlin, Stephen
通讯作者	Mayersen, D
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH
ISSN	1462-3528
EISSN	1469-9494
出版年	2011
卷号	13 期号:3 页码:247-269
英文摘要	In the 1980s, two nations in Africa stood out for their development and stability in a continent beset with famine, war and strife. Both Rwanda and Botswana earned the moniker 'the Switzerland of Africa' as they successfully pursued economic growth and development. But things went drastically wrong for Rwanda. In 1994, extremist elements led the most intense genocide of the twentieth century, resulting in the deaths of close to one million Tutsi and moderate Hutu in just a ninety-day period. The country was devastated and, seventeen years later, is still recovering. By contrast, Botswana has been able to maintain its strong economic growth and reputation as an oasis of stability. It has gone from one of the poorest countries in the world at its independence in 1966 to a solid middle-income nation. The presence of ethnic divisions and inequalities has not derailed Botswana's progress, which has occurred despite the presence of a number of the risk factors typically associated with nations fraught with ethnic strife. While Botswana has appeared on Genocide Watch's list of nations at risk of mass atrocities in the past, it was ranked relatively low on the scale, and has not experienced any major interethnic violence. The risk factors present in Botswana appear to have been offset by the nation's multiple strengths. This article seeks to compare risk and resilience in Rwanda and Botswana. While there has been extensive analysis of what 'went wrong' in Rwanda, there is much less information available about what 'goes right' in countries like Botswana. The case studies of these two nations suggest that understanding the pathways that lead to genocide and mass atrocities not only requires a consideration of risk, but a more complex analysis of the interaction between risk factors and mitigating factors that can have a protective function.
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000212102400005
WOS类目	Political Science
WOS研究方向	Government & Law
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/329654
作者单位	[Mayersen, Deborah] Univ Queensland, Asia Pacific Ctr Responsibil Protect, Prevent Genocide & Mass Atroc, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; [Mayersen, Deborah] Univ Melbourne, Sch Histor Studies, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; [Mcloughlin, Stephen] Univ Queensland, Asia Pacific Ctr Responsibil Protect, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mayersen, Deborah,Mcloughlin, Stephen. Risk and resilience to mass atrocities in Africa: a comparison of Rwanda and Botswana[J],2011,13(3):247-269.
APA	Mayersen, Deborah,&Mcloughlin, Stephen.(2011).Risk and resilience to mass atrocities in Africa: a comparison of Rwanda and Botswana.JOURNAL OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH,13(3),247-269.
MLA	Mayersen, Deborah,et al."Risk and resilience to mass atrocities in Africa: a comparison of Rwanda and Botswana".JOURNAL OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH 13.3(2011):247-269.