Investing in Authoritarian Rule

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-08408-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

This book shows how Rwanda's transitional courts that tried genocide crimes - the gacaca - produced social complicity and cemented authoritarian rule. It is unique for its in-depth investigation of the courts' legal operations: confessions, denunciation, and lay judging, and shows how targeted incentives such as grants of clemency, opportunities for private gain, and career advancement drew the masses into the orbit of the ethnic minority-dominated regime. Using previously untapped data, it illustrates how a decade of mass trials constructed a tacit patronage-driven relationship in which the interests of the citizenry became tied to the authoritarian elite that had discretionary power to grant or withdraw those benefits at will. The operation of law in individual behavior and authoritarian control presented in this volume will be of use to students and scholars in the social sciences, and practitioners interested in criminal law and transitional justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chakravarty, Anuradha

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Clientelist and Authoritarian Legacies: 1. A history of clientelism in Rwanda; 2. The RPF: an unrivaled patron; Part II. Formal and Informal Rules of the Game: 3. The mental map: shared expectations of rule; 4. The gacaca court: deciding innocence and guilt; Part III. Consolidating Authoritarianism: 5. Confessions: surrendering the right to rule; 6. Denunciations: local space and local control; 7. Judges: political cooptation at the grassroots; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Chakravarty, Anuradha
Anuradha Chakravarty is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. Her work concerns a variety of rights-related political behaviors including protest, violence, and post-conflict recovery work, focusing on practical applications that may benefit vulnerable populations. She has been published in prominent outlets in political science and area studies (African Affairs), methodology (Field Methods), sociology (Mobilization), violence (Genocide Studies and Prevention) and ethics (Carnegie Ethics Online), among others.