Peasants in power the political economy of development and genocide in Rwanda /
This book shows how Rwanda's development model and the organisation of genocide are two sides of the same coin. In the absence of mineral resources, the elite organised and managed the labour of peasant producers as efficient as possible. In order to stay in power and benefit from it, the presi...
| Main Author: | Verwimp, Philip. |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online Service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
©2013.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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| Summary: |
This book shows how Rwanda's development model and the organisation of genocide are two sides of the same coin. In the absence of mineral resources, the elite organised and managed the labour of peasant producers as efficient as possible. In order to stay in power and benefit from it, the presidential clan chose a development model that would not change the political status quo. When the latter was threatened, the elite invoked the preservation of group welfare of the Hutu, called for Hutu unity and solidarity and relied on the great mass (rubanda nyamwinshi) for the execution of the genocide. |
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Development, Dictatorship and Genocide -- The Nature of the Second Republic -- The Rwandan Economy 1973-1994: From Macro to Micro -- The Political Economy of Coffee and Dictatorship -- Agricultural Policy and the R̀uriganiza' Famine (1989) in Southern Rwanda -- The 1990-1992 Massacres: A Case of Spatial and Social Engineering? -- Civil War, Multipartism, Coup d'etat and Genocide -- Collective Action, Norms and Peasant Participation in Genocide -- Fieldwork in Gitarama Introduction, Setting and Methods -- The Developmental State at Work: Agricultural Monitors Becoming Political Entrepreneurs -- The Endogenous Genocide. Includes bibliographical references and index. This book shows how Rwanda's development model and the organisation of genocide are two sides of the same coin. In the absence of mineral resources, the elite organised and managed the labour of peasant producers as efficient as possible. In order to stay in power and benefit from it, the presidential clan chose a development model that would not change the political status quo. When the latter was threatened, the elite invoked the preservation of group welfare of the Hutu, called for Hutu unity and solidarity and relied on the great mass (rubanda nyamwinshi) for the execution of the genocide. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400764347 9400764340 9400764332 9789400764330 |