Political governance in post-genocide Rwanda / Filip Reyntjens.

Author/Creator:

Reyntjens, Filip.

Publication:

New York, [New York] : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (320 p.)

Subjects:

Front patriotique rwandais.
Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Rwanda.
Rwanda -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Rwanda -- Ethnic relations.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

Filip Reyntjens's new book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front.

Contents:

Cover; Political Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Capture of Power and the Path to Hegemony; Seeking Hegemony; Cleansing the Regime; Splits within the RPF; RPF-ization and Tutsization; Militarization of the Political Landscape; Conclusion; 2 Elections as a Means of Regime Consolidation; Preparing the Ground; Local "Elections" to Pave the Way; The Watershed: The 2003 Elections; The Routine of Cosmetic Elections, 2006 and 2008; Meeting the Challenge of 2010; Conclusion
3 Managing Political SpaceReining in civil society; Eliminating the independent press; "Decentralization" as a means to further central control; An army with a state; Law as a tool of control; Hiding the monopoly of power; Rare looks into the inside; The RPF challenged from within; Conclusion; 4 Human Rights - A Dismal Record; Rwanda, 1994-1996; Zaire/DRC, 1996-1997; Rwanda, 1997-1998; The Situation after 1998; Conclusion; 5 Dealing with the World and the Region; Keeping Outside Meddlers Out; Dealing with Critical Voices; Tackling the World; Countering French and Spanish Judicial Moves
A Regional PowerhouseConclusion; 6 Engineering a New Society; Technocratic/Bureaucratic Governance; A regime with a mission; Modernizing Rwanda and the Rwandans; Land and Agricultural Policy; Figures; Conclusion; 7 Managing Information, Imposing the Truth; "A new way of doing things"; The truth; Failed de-ethnicization; Imposing the Model; Conclusion; 8 The Politics of Justice; Domestic conventional justice; Gacaca; The ICTR; Justice in third countries; Conclusion; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-139-89492-7
1-107-46194-4
1-107-45976-1
1-107-47359-4
1-107-47260-1
1-107-46899-X
1-107-46543-5
1-107-33864-6

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