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Towards a pattern in mass violence participation? An analysis of Rwandan perpetrators' accounts from the 1994 genocide

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In this article, I focus on the logic whereby a group of eight Hutu became involved in mass violence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This process is considered as a sequence of meaningful events that progressively shaped the actors' frame of analysis. As such, each sequence brings a new qualitative reality which, in turn, constitutes the platform upon which the involvement in, and the perpetration of, mass violence become acceptable and legitimate in the eyes of the perpetrators. Based on both Howard S. Becker's notion of career and Roger Petersen's analysis of resistance and rebellion, I disaggregate the entire process of participation in mass violence into a sequence of six mechanisms, generating two main phases. The first one, mobilisation , refers to the movement from a neutral state to a mobilised state . The second phase, collective action , covers the drift from mobilisation to action, namely, killings.

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  • Samuel Tanner, 2011. "Towards a pattern in mass violence participation? An analysis of Rwandan perpetrators' accounts from the 1994 genocide," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(4), pages 266-289, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fglcxx:v:12:y:2011:i:4:p:266-289
    DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2011.616054
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    1. Bonnier, Evelina & Poulsen, Jonas & Rogall, Thorsten & Stryjan, Miri, 2020. "Preparing for genocide: Quasi-experimental evidence from Rwanda," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).

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