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SUMMARY:What Explains Diverging Paths of Genocidal Violence? Evidence from
  Rwanda\, Sudan\, Côte d'Ivoire\, Mali\, Chad and Senegal - Scott Straus\
 , Associate Professor\, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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CONTACT:Sharath Srinivasan
DESCRIPTION:Dr Straus will discuss his recent work on a comparative study 
 of different trajectories of violence in civil war. Why do some armed conf
 licts produce large-scale violence against civilians\, in particular genoc
 ide\, while other armed conflicts produce much lower levels of violence ag
 ainst civilians? The main research objective is to develop a more nuanced 
 theory of the dynamics of genocidal violence. The study focuses empiricall
 y on relatively recent (during the past two decades) armed conflicts in Rw
 anda\, Sudan\, Côte d'Ivoire\, Mali\, Chad\, and Senegal\; the theoretica
 l perspective builds on existing national-level explanations of genocide a
 nd mass killing. \n\nScott Straus is Associate Professor of Political Scie
 nce and International Studies and Director of the Human Rights Initiative 
 at the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. His primary research interests i
 nclude the study of genocide\, violence\, human rights\, and African Polit
 ics. Straus is the author of The Order of Genocide: Race\, Power\, and War
  in Rwanda (Cornell University Press\, 2006)\, which received the 2006 Awa
 rd for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Association
  of American Publishers.
LOCATION: Senior Common Room\, Polis\, 17 Mill Lane.
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