“Second-Generation Comparative Research on Genocide” (World Politics, Vol.59, No.3 April 2007)

“Second-Generation Comparative Research on Genocide” (World Politics, Vol.59, No.3 April 2007)

Review article by Scott Strauss, “Second-Generation Comparative Research on Genocide” (World Politics, Vol.59, No.3 April 2007)

1. Identify and describe the main points of the first-generation of scholarship on genocide? According to first-generation scholarship, what are the main causes of genocide?
2. Identify and describe the main points made by second-generation scholarship on genocide. According to second-generation scholars, what are the main causes of genocide?
3. What are some of the main problems associated with first generation scholarship?
4. In what ways are first and second generation arguments similar? In what ways are they different?

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