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Philip Gourevitch

Bio: Philip Gourevitch is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genocide & Power (social and political). The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1069 citations.

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TL;DR: Gourevitch's book as mentioned in this paper is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath, and is one of the most acclaimed books of the year.
Abstract: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. Philip Gourevitch's haunting work is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath. One of the most acclaimed books of the year, this account will endure as a chilling document of our time.

507 citations

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01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: Gourevitch's book as mentioned in this paper is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath, and is one of the most acclaimed books of the year.
Abstract: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. Philip Gourevitch's haunting work is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath. One of the most acclaimed books of the year, this account will endure as a chilling document of our time.

483 citations

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01 Jan 1933
TL;DR: Man's Fate as discussed by the authors is a gripping story of conflict, free will and our power to shape our destiny in Shanghai, 1927, where idealist and intellectual Kyo Gisors, one of the leaders of the Communist insurrection, who is also trying to deal with his own marital strife; Ch'en Ta Erh, an assassin and terrorist brutalized by killing; Baron de Clappique, a French gambler, opium dealer and gun runner; and Russian revolutionary Katov, who calmly watches events unfold, until he has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Abstract: Shanghai, 1927, and revolution is in the air. As the city becomes caught up in violence and bloodshed, four people's lives are altered inexorably: idealist and intellectual Kyo Gisors, one of the leaders of the Communist insurrection, who is also trying to deal with his own marital strife; Ch'en Ta Erh, an assassin and terrorist brutalized by killing; Baron de Clappique, a French gambler, opium dealer and gun runner; and Russian revolutionary Katov, who calmly watches events unfold, until he has to make the ultimate sacrifice. Each of these men must try to resolve their personal conflicts amid political turmoil, conspiracy and betrayal. "Man's Fate", first published in 1933 and now reissued as a "Penguin Modern Classic", is a gripping story of conflict, free will and our power to shape our destiny.

28 citations

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01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: Gourevitch's "Standard Operating Procedure" as discussed by the authors is the story of the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs of prisoner abuse, as seen through the eyes and told through the voices of the soldiers who took them and appeared in them.
Abstract: "Standard Operating Procedure" is the story of the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs of prisoner abuse, as seen through the eyes and told through the voices of the soldiers who took them and appeared in them. It is the story of how those soldiers were at once the instruments and victims of a great injustice. Drawing on more than two hundred hours of Errol Morris' startlingly frank and intimate interviews with the soldier-photographers who gave us what have become iconic images of the Iraq War. 'A compelling meditation on a descent into cruelty' - "Daily Telegraph". 'An extraordinary book ...Although Gourevitch lets the soldiers speak for themselves, his few analytical forays are invaluable' - "Guardian".

28 citations

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30 Oct 2007

18 citations


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01 Jan 1949
TL;DR: The Second Sex as discussed by the authors is a seminal work in the modern feminist upsurge that has transformed perceptions of the social relationship of man and women in our time, and it is at once a work of anthropology and sociology, of biology and psychoanalysis from the pen of a writer and novelist of penetrating imaginative power.
Abstract: Of all the writing that emerged from the existentialist movement, Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking study of women will probably have the most extensive and enduring impact. It is at once a work of anthropology and sociology, of biology and psychoanalysis, from the pen of a writer and novelist of penetrating imaginative power. THE SECOND SEX stands, four decades after its first appearance, as the first landmark in the modern feminist upsurge that has transformed perceptions of the social relationship of man and womankind in our time.

5,160 citations

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01 May 2006

1,625 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that climate change increasingly undermines human security in the present day, and will increasingly do so in the future, by reducing access to, and the quality of, natural resources that are important to sustain livelihoods.

920 citations

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06 Jun 2005
TL;DR: A survey and focus group methodologies for ethnic politics in post-independence Zambia are presented in this paper, with a focus on ethnic coalitional building and ethnic voting. But the model is not suitable for the analysis of ethnic coalitions.
Abstract: 1. Introduction: institutions and ethnic politics Part I. Accounting for the Ethnic Cleavage Structure: 2. Accounting for Zambia's ethnic cleavage structure I: the emergence of tribal identities in colonial Northern Rhodesia 3. Accounting for Zambia's ethnic cleavage structure II: the emergence of language identities in colonial Northern Rhodesia Part II. Accounting for Ethnic Coalition-Building Choices: 4. Ethnicity and ethnic politics in post-independence Zambia 5. Explaining changing patterns of ethnic politics Part III. Testing the Model: 6. Competing explanations 7. Ethnic campaigning: testing the observable implications of the model for elite behavior 8. Ethnic voting: testing the observable implications of the model for mass behavior Part IV. Beyond Zambia: 9. Regime change and ethnic politics in Africa 10. Beyond regime change, beyond Africa Appendix A. Native authorities and tribal identifications Appendix B. Survey and focus group methodologies Appendix C. Tribal affiliations of parliamentary candidates Appendix D. Tribal demographies of electoral constituencies.

800 citations

01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: Cooley and Ron as mentioned in this paper proposed an emerging global civil society comprising local civic groups, international organizations (IOs), and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), which is widely assumed to rest upon shared liberal norms and values that motivate INGO action and explain their benign inouence on international relations.
Abstract: of transnational actors are largely optimistic, suggesting they herald an emerging global civil society comprising local civic groups, international organizations (IOs), and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs). This new civil society, moreover, is widely assumed to rest upon shared liberal norms and values that motivate INGO action and explain their supposedly benign inouence on international relations. The NGO Scramble The NGO Scramble Alexander Cooley and James Ron

686 citations