Explaining the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations Why Neighbors Kill

by Esses, Victoria M.; Vernon, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9781405170598
• ISBN10: 140517059X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written by experts in psychology and related disciplines, this volume will use both real-world case studies and theoretical perspectives from a variety of disciplines to address the multitude of factors that may lead to the deadly breakdown of ethnic relations.

Author Biography

Victoria M. Esses is Professor of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Richard A. Vernon is Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Series Preface

Acknowledgments

Why Neighbors Kill: An Overview

Individual Factors

Extreme Harmdoing: A View from the Social Psychology of Justice

On the Nature of Contemporary Prejudice: From Subtle Bias to Severe Consequences

Why Neighbors Kill: Prior Intergroup Contact and Killing of Ethnic Outgroup Neighbors

Why Neighbors DonÆt Stop the Killing: The Role of Group-Based Schadenfreude

Societal Factors

When Neighbors Blame Neighbors: Scapegoating and the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations

The Influence of the Threatening Transitional Context on Israeli JewsÆ Reactions to Al Aqsa Intifada

Why Do States Kill Citizens? Or, Why Racism is an Insufficient Explanation

Synthesis

Theories of Genocide: The Case of Rwanda

Applying the Unified Instrumental Model of Group Conflict to Understanding Ethnic Conflict and Violence: The Case of Sudan

The Origins of Genocide and Mass Killing, Prevention, Reconciliation, and their Application to Rwanda

Index

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