Book contents
- The Path to Genocide in Rwanda
- African Studies Series
- The Path to Genocide in Rwanda
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 What We Do and Do Not Know
- 2 An Extraordinary Baseline
- 3 Security: War-Time Threat
- 4 Threat and Opportunity: The Dangers of Freedom
- 5 Opportunity II: Death of the Nation’s Father
- 6 Authority: Rwanda’s Privatized and Powerful State
- 7 Why Some Killed and Others Did Not
- 8 Conclusion: Rwanda in Retrospect
- References
- Index
- African Studies Series
8 - Conclusion: Rwanda in Retrospect
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2020
- The Path to Genocide in Rwanda
- African Studies Series
- The Path to Genocide in Rwanda
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 What We Do and Do Not Know
- 2 An Extraordinary Baseline
- 3 Security: War-Time Threat
- 4 Threat and Opportunity: The Dangers of Freedom
- 5 Opportunity II: Death of the Nation’s Father
- 6 Authority: Rwanda’s Privatized and Powerful State
- 7 Why Some Killed and Others Did Not
- 8 Conclusion: Rwanda in Retrospect
- References
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
This final chapter draws together the complex claims made in the previous chapters into a single overall argument setting out the causal pathway to the genocide. It then takes stock of what we have cumulatively learned about Rwanda’s genocide in the twenty-five years that have elapsed since it occurred and explains the ways in which this book either reinforces or extends the scholarly consensus. It also articulates the book’s more novel contributions to our knowledge and understanding of Rwanda’s genocide and other cases. The chapter finally concludes by considering the broader theoretical implications that the book’s findings have for genocides and mass killings more generally.
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- The Path to Genocide in RwandaSecurity, Opportunity, and Authority in an Ethnocratic State, pp. 362 - 388Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021