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V. Genocide, Politicide, and Human Rights Task Force on Political Violence and Terrorism

A Bibliography of Political Science Resources on the Study of Political Violence

This bibliography contains several sections:

I.  Terrorism and Counter Terrorism

II.  Civil War and State Failure

III.  Peacekeeping Operations and Nation Building

IV.  International Security in a Changing World

VII.  Genocide, Politicide, and Human Rights (below)

VI.  Regional Studies

VII.  Data Sets

V.  Genocide, Politicide, and Human Rights

Useful Texts

  • George Andreopoulos (ed.), Genocide: The Conceptual and Historical Dimensions. (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994).
  • De Forges, Alison. 1999. Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda. New York: Human Rights Watch.
  • Donnelly, Jack. 1989. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. Cornell University Press: Ithaca.
  • Jack Donnelly. International Human Rights. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998).
  • D. Forsythe (2000) Human Rights in International Relations. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
  • Roy Gutman and David Rieff (eds.), Crimes of War. (New York: W.W. Norton, 1999).
  • Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink. 1998. Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Cornell University Press: Ithaca.
  • Elaine Scarry. The Body in Pain. The Making and Unmaking of the World. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985).
  • Mary E. Williams, ed. Human Rights: Opposing Viewpoints. (San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1998).

APSA Task Force on Political Violence and Terrorism

A Bibliography of Political Science Resources on the Study of Political Violence

Sections:

I.  Terrorism and Counter Terrorism

II.  Civil War and State Failure

III.  Peacekeeping Operations and Nation Building

IV.  International Security in a Changing World

VII.  Genocide, Politicide, and Human Rights (above)

VI.  Regional Studies

VII.  Data Sets