| Description |
xiii, 204 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 40 |
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Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 40
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| Contents |
Introduction / Deborah Mayersen and Annie Pohlman -- Part I. The Legacies of Atrocities in Asia: 1. An ongoing legacy of atrocity: torture and the Indonesian state / Annie Pohlman; 2. International civil society as agent of protection: responses to the famine in East Timor / Clinton Fernandes; 3. Maximizing transitional justice opportunities: the case of East Timor's CAVR / Heather Castel; 4. Transitional justice time: Uncle San, Aunty Yan, and outreach at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal / Alexander Laban Hinton; 5. Humanitarian intervention and the legacies of Security Council (In)action: East Pakistan (1971) and East Timor (1976-79) / Phil Orchard -- Part II. Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia and Globally: 6. Political realism, sovereignty and intervention: is genocide prevention really possible in a world of nation states? / Paul R. Bartrop; 7. Political instability and genocide: comparing causes in Asia and the Pacific and globally / Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Dimitri Semenovich and Arcot Sowmya; 8. Discourses on violence: constraints and challenges for mediators in Asia / Dale Bagshaw and Damien Coghlan; 9. "Never again" or again and again: the Genocide Convention, the responsibility to protect and mass atrocity prevention / Deborah Mayersen -- Conclusion / Deborah Mayersen and Annie Pohlman |
| Notes |
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Genocide -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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Atrocities -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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Mass murder -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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Political violence -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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Psychic trauma -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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Genocide -- Asia -- Prevention -- Government policy.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646
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| Author |
Mayersen, Deborah, editor of compilation
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Pohlman, Annie, editor of compilation
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| LC no. |
2012047356 |
| ISBN |
9780415645119 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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0415645115 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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