A short paper published by Global Dialogue (paywall). The spectre of genocide is always that of a repeat of the last genocide. Many Israelis, faced with the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon, fear a 'second Holocaust'. The UN works to prevent 'another Rwanda', and genocide campaigners believe that one happened in Darfur. Genocide politics… Continue reading Understanding Today’s Genocides – The Snare of Analogy
Author: Martin Shaw
Palestine and Genocide Revisited
The difficulties of serious debate about Palestine: this short commentary has just appeared in Holy Land Studies (12, 1, 2013, 1-8; below is a draft version). The same issue includes an excellent piece by Farid Abdel-Nour, 'From Critic to Cheerleader: The Clarifying Example of Benny Morris' "Conversion"', the clarification being relevant to all who try to… Continue reading Palestine and Genocide Revisited
Historical Sociology and International Relations: The Question of Genocide
A new piece just published in the journal e-International Relations Although most International Relations scholars recognise in principle the historical variability of their subject matter, IR theory is often written as though relatively timeless qualities of the modern international system are the most significant. The system is commonly described as ‘Westphalian’, as though the principles… Continue reading Historical Sociology and International Relations: The Question of Genocide
Review of Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection
New review for the LSE Review of Books Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection. Mary Kaldor, Henrietta L. Moore and Sabine Selchow (eds). Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. Global civil society is an idea of the period since the end of the Cold War: it has reformulated the old idea of civil society for… Continue reading Review of Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection
Genocide and International Relations: new book
I have now finished the final corrections to Genocide and International Relations, and Cambridge University Press expect to have copies available in October. This book moves on from the conceptual focus of What is Genocide? (2007) to develop an interpretation of historical and contemporary patterns. With the subtitle Changing Patterns in the Upheavals of the Late Modern World,… Continue reading Genocide and International Relations: new book
Paul Preston, The Spanish Holocaust, review
A draft of my review of this important new book, published this month in the Journal of Genocide Research, 15, 2, 2013. Paul Preston, The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain. New York: Harper, 2012. What happened in Spain in the 1930s has hardly been reckoned with in that country even eight decades… Continue reading Paul Preston, The Spanish Holocaust, review
What is Genocide? video
I have recorded a video, What is Genocide?, summarising my views on the meaning of genocide. This is based on the arguments of my 2007 book of the same title. This is the first video on my YouTube channel, martinshaw34. Forthcoming videos will deal with the arguments of my new book, Genocide and International Relations: Changing Patterns in the… Continue reading What is Genocide? video
Paths to change: peaceful vs violent
A new post on openDemocracy It is now two years since the "Arab spring" spread popular protest across the one world-region still overwhelmingly dominated by authoritarian rulers, and thus heralded a major new phase of the democratic upheavals that have transformed the world over recent decades. These largely peaceful mass movements achieved remarkable, if qualified,… Continue reading Paths to change: peaceful vs violent
Israel and Hamas: momentum of war
My new article on openDemocracy, where I write regularly. The latest war over Gaza leaves unchanged the underlying roots of conflict, even as regional changes are narrowing the potential for a long-term settlement. Israel’s week-long war against Hamas and Gaza was - assuming the ceasefire of 21 November 2012 holds and there is no immediate… Continue reading Israel and Hamas: momentum of war
Twenty-First Century Militarism: A Historical-Sociological Framework
I have contributed a chapter, 'Twenty-First Century Militarism: A Historical-Sociological Framework', to Militarism and International Relations: Political economy, security, theory, edited by my Sussex colleagues Anna Stavrianakis and Jan Selby, and published by Routledge in the Cass Military Studies series. The book contains 12 chapters grouped under Theorising militarism, Militarism and security, and The political economy of… Continue reading Twenty-First Century Militarism: A Historical-Sociological Framework
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