What is Genocide?

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<p>This fully revised edition of Martin Shaw's classic, award-winning text proposes a way through the intellectual confusion surrounding genocide. In a thorough account of the idea's history, Shaw considers its origins and development and its relationships to concepts like ethnic cleansing and politicide. Offering a radical critique of the existing literature on genocide, he argues that what distinguishes genocide from more legitimate warfare is that the 'enemies' targeted are groups and individuals of a civilian character. He vividly illustrates his argument with a wide range of historical examples - from the Holocaust to Rwanda and Palestine to Yugoslavia - and shows how the question 'What is genocide?' matters politically whenever populations are threatened by violence.</p><p>The<i>second edition</i> of this compelling book will continue to spark interest and vigorous debate, appealing to students and scholars across the social sciences and in international law.</p>

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<p><b>Martin Shaw</b> is a historical sociologist of global politics, war and genocide and the author<i>War and Genocide</i> and<i>Genocide and International Relations</i>. He is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Sussex University and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals.</p>

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