Explaining the breakdown of ethnic relations : why neighbors kill / edited by Victoria M. Esses and Richard A. Vernon.

Contributor(s): Esses, Victoria M | Vernon, Richard, 1945-Material type: TextTextSeries: Social issues and interventionsPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2008Description: xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781405170581 (pbk.); 9781405170598 (hbk.)Subject(s): Ethnic conflict | Social conflict | Violence | Intergroup relations | Ethnic relationsDDC classification: 305.8001/9 LOC classification: HM1121 | .E96 2008
Contents:
1. Why neighbors kill : an overview / Richard A. Vernon and Victoria M. Esses -- 2. Extreme harmdoing : a view from the social psychology of justice / Carolyn L. Hafer, James M. Olson, and Alexandra A. Peterson -- 3. On the nature of contemporary prejudice : from subtle bias to severe consequences / John F. Dovidio, Adam R. Pearson, Samuel L. Gaertner, and Gordon Hodson -- 4. Why neighbors kill : prior intergroup contact and killing of ethnic outgroup neighbors / Miles Hewstone, Nicole Tausch, Alberto Voci, Jared Kenworthy, Joanne Hughes, and Ed Cairns -- 5. Why neighbors don't stop the killing : the role of group-based schadenfreude / Russell Spears and Colin Wayne Leach -- 6. When neighbors blame neighbors : scapegoating and the breakdown of ethnic relations / Peter Glick -- 7. The influence of the threatening transitional context on Israeli Jews : reactions to Al Aqsa Intifada / Daniel Bar-Tal and Keren Sharvit -- 8. Why do states kill citizens? or, why racism is an insufficient explanation / Patricia Marchak -- 9. Theories of genocide : the case of Rwanda / Howard Adelman -- 10. Applying the unified instrumental model of group conflict to understanding ethnic conflict and violence : the case of Sudan / Victoria M. Esses and Lynne M. Jackson -- 11. The origins of genocide and mass killing, prevention, reconciliation, and their application to Rwanda / Ervin Staub.
Summary: ""Explaining the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations" addresses the multitude of factors that may lead to the collapse of ethnic relations using both real-world case studies and theoretical perspectives from a variety of disciplines. Though their perspectives differ, the original, contributed chapters in this volume all attempt to identify events and processes that can break down inhibitions against violence, and lead to mass killings and genocide. Together, they describe the different levels and kinds of explanations that must be considered if we are to make sense of past acts and prevent repetition. There are powerful messages here that will be of interest and relevance to social scientists and policy-makers alike." -- Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why neighbors kill : an overview / Richard A. Vernon and Victoria M. Esses -- 2. Extreme harmdoing : a view from the social psychology of justice / Carolyn L. Hafer, James M. Olson, and Alexandra A. Peterson -- 3. On the nature of contemporary prejudice : from subtle bias to severe consequences / John F. Dovidio, Adam R. Pearson, Samuel L. Gaertner, and Gordon Hodson -- 4. Why neighbors kill : prior intergroup contact and killing of ethnic outgroup neighbors / Miles Hewstone, Nicole Tausch, Alberto Voci, Jared Kenworthy, Joanne Hughes, and Ed Cairns -- 5. Why neighbors don't stop the killing : the role of group-based schadenfreude / Russell Spears and Colin Wayne Leach -- 6. When neighbors blame neighbors : scapegoating and the breakdown of ethnic relations / Peter Glick -- 7. The influence of the threatening transitional context on Israeli Jews : reactions to Al Aqsa Intifada / Daniel Bar-Tal and Keren Sharvit -- 8. Why do states kill citizens? or, why racism is an insufficient explanation / Patricia Marchak -- 9. Theories of genocide : the case of Rwanda / Howard Adelman -- 10. Applying the unified instrumental model of group conflict to understanding ethnic conflict and violence : the case of Sudan / Victoria M. Esses and Lynne M. Jackson -- 11. The origins of genocide and mass killing, prevention, reconciliation, and their application to Rwanda / Ervin Staub.

""Explaining the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations" addresses the multitude of factors that may lead to the collapse of ethnic relations using both real-world case studies and theoretical perspectives from a variety of disciplines. Though their perspectives differ, the original, contributed chapters in this volume all attempt to identify events and processes that can break down inhibitions against violence, and lead to mass killings and genocide. Together, they describe the different levels and kinds of explanations that must be considered if we are to make sense of past acts and prevent repetition. There are powerful messages here that will be of interest and relevance to social scientists and policy-makers alike." -- Cover.

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