Investing in Authoritarian Rule - Punishment Patronage in Rwanda s Gacaca Courts for Genocide Crimes

Informationen zum Autor Anuradha Chakravarty is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. Her work concerns a variety of rights-related political behaviors including protest, violence, and post-conflict recovery work, focusing on practical applications that may benefit vulnerable populations. She has been published in prominent outlets in political science and area studies (African Affairs), methodology (Field Methods), sociology (Mobilization), violence (Genocide Studies and Prevention) and ethics (Carnegie Ethics Online), among others. Klappentext This book shows how Rwanda's mass courts for genocide crimes helped ensure political stability and authoritarian control for Rwandan elites. Zusammenfassung This book investigates how Rwanda's mass courts for genocide crimes were used by elites to ensure social control and cement authoritarian rule. It is unique among studies on the topic in showing how the tools of confession! denunciation! and lay judging operated on an individual level. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Clientelist and Authoritarian Legacies: 1. A history of clientelism in Rwanda; 2. The RPF: an unrivaled patron; Part II. Formal and Informal Rules of the Game: 3. The mental map: shared expectations of rule; 4. The gacaca court: deciding innocence and guilt; Part III. Consolidating Authoritarianism: 5. Confessions: surrendering the right to rule; 6. Denunciations: local space and local control; 7. Judges: political cooptation at the grassroots; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Anuradha Chakravarty, Anuradha (University of South Carolin Chakravarty, Anuradha (University of South Carolina) Chakravarty, Chakravarty Anuradha
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2015
• EAN: 9781107084087
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08408-7
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Rwanda, International Criminal Law, Public international law: criminal law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law & society, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Law and society, sociology of law