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Remaking Rwanda

state building and human rights after mass violence

ed. by Scott Straus ; Lars Waldorf

Buch

englisch

Straus, Scott (Ed.) DNB
Waldorf, Lars (Ed.) DNB

Critical human rights

Univ. of Wisconsin Press

Madison, Wis. [u.a.]

2011

XXXIX, 382 p.

978-0-299-28264-6

includes bibliographical references and index.

human rights
reconciliation
rwanda
justice
memory

Summary:


In the mid-1990s, civil war and genocide ravaged Rwanda. Since then, the country's new leadership has undertaken a highly ambitious effort to refashion Rwanda's politics, economy, and society, and the country's accomplishments have garnered widespread praise. Remaking Rwanda is the first book to examine Rwanda's remarkable post-genocide recovery in a comprehensive and critical fashion. By paying close attention to memory politics, human rights, justice, foreign relations, land use, education, and other key social institutions and practices, this volume raises serious concerns about the depth and durability of the country's reconstruction. Edited by Scott Straus and Lars Waldorf, Remaking Rwanda brings together experienced scholars and human rights professionals to offer a nuanced, historically informed picture of post-genocide Rwanda-one that reveals powerful continuities with the nation's past and raises profound questions about its future.
Table of Contents:


Maps of Rwandap. x
Prefacep. xiii
List of Abbreviationsp. xix
Alison Des Forges: Remembering a Human Rights Hero Kenneth Rothp. xxiii
The Historian as Human Rights Activist David Newburyp. xxvii
Introduction: Seeing Like a Post-Conflict State Scott Straus and Lars Waldorfp. 3
Part IGovernance and State Building
1 Limitations to Political Reform: The Undemocratic Nature of Transition in Rwanda Timothy Longmanp. 25
2 Instrumentalizing Genocide: The RPF's Campaign against ôGenocide Ideologyö Lars Waldorfp. 48
3 The Ruler's Drum and the People's Shout: Accountability and Representation on Rwanda's Hills Bert Ingelaerep. 67
4 Building a Rwanda ôFit for Childrenö Kirrily Pellsp. 79
5 Beyond ôYou're with Us or against Usö: Civil Society and Policymaking in Post-Genocide Rwanda Paul Greadyp. 87
Part IIInternational and Regional Contexts
6 Aid Dependence and Policy Independence: Explaining the Rwandan Paradox Eugenia Zorbasp. 103
7 Funding Fraud? Donors and Democracy in Rwanda Rachel Haymanp. 118
8 Waging (Civil) War Abroad: Rwanda and the DRC Filip Reyntjensp. 132
9 Bad Karma: Accountability for Rwandan Crimes in the Congo Jason Stearns and Federico Borellop. 152
Part IIIJustice
10 Victor's Justice Revisited: Rwandan Patriotic Front Crimes and the Prosecutorial Endgame at the ICTR Victor Peskinp. 173
11 The Uneasy Relationship between the ICTR and Gacaca Don Websterp. 184
12 The Sovu Trials: The Impact of Genocide Justice on One Community Max Rettigp. 194
13 ôAll Rwandans Are Afraid of Being Arrested One Dayö: Prisoners Past, Present, and Future Carina Tertsakianp. 210
Part IVRural Reengineering
14 High Modernism at the Ground Level: The Imidugudu Policy in Rwanda Catharine Newburyp. 223
15 Rwanda's Post-Genocide Economic Reconstruction: The Mismatch between Elite Ambitions and Rural Realities An Ansomsp. 240
16 The Presidential Land Commission: Undermining Land Law Reform Chris Hugginsp. 252
Part VHistory and Memory
17 The Past Is Elsewhere: The Paradoxes of Proscribing Ethnicity in Post-Genocide Rwanda Nigel Eltringhamp. 269
18 Topographies of Remembering and Forgetting: The Transformation of Lieux de Mémoire in Rwanda Jens Meierhenrichp. 283
19 Teaching History in Post-Genocide Rwanda Sarah Warshauer Freedman and Harvey M. Weinstein and K.L. Murphy and Timothy Longmanp. 297
20 Young Rwandans' Narratives of the Past (and Present) Lyndsay McLean Hilkerp. 316
21 Reeducation for Reconciliation: Participant Observations on Ingando Susan Thomsonp. 331
Part VIConcluding Observations
Justice and Human Rights for All Rwandans Joseph Sebarenzip. 343
The Dancing Is Still the Same Aloys Habimanap. 354
Acknowledgmentsp. 357
Contributorsp. 359
Index

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