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Title
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WHAT'S IN A NAME? GENOCIDE EARLY WARNING MODEL FOR HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION.
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Creator
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Lewis, Alexandria, Morales, Waltraud Q., University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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There is much debate among genocide scholars as to the causes and even accurate definitions of genocide. Early warning developed to address the increasing need for humanitarian intervention in violent conflicts around the world. As a subset of genocide studies, early warning seeks to go beyond explaining the causes of genocide. The early warning model created here uses six indicator variablesÃÂ--government, leaders/elites, followers, non-followers/bystanders, outsider group...
Show moreThere is much debate among genocide scholars as to the causes and even accurate definitions of genocide. Early warning developed to address the increasing need for humanitarian intervention in violent conflicts around the world. As a subset of genocide studies, early warning seeks to go beyond explaining the causes of genocide. The early warning model created here uses six indicator variablesÃÂ--government, leaders/elites, followers, non-followers/bystanders, outsider group, and environmentÃÂ--to detect the likelihood of genocide within a given case study. Four cases were chosenÃÂ--Kenya, Nigeria, Yemen, and EthiopiaÃÂ--and analyzed using the indicator variables to determine if these violent conflicts may already be or may become genocides. Preliminary findings show that the civilian outsider group is a vital component when determining whether or not a conflict is or may become a ÃÂ"limited-genocideÃÂ" and that genocides are a function of the interaction of the six indicator variables and not just their presence. Other implications for sovereignty and humanitarian intervention are discussed.
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Date Issued
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2010
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Identifier
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CFE0003052, ucf:48362
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003052