Remaking Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence (Critical Human Rights)
“Remaking Rwandais an ambitious book, a rich and varied compilation that demonstrates the full complement of approaches, methods, and concerns informing the study of post-genocide Rwanda.”—Lee Ann Fujii, author ofKilling Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda“This rich array of careful scholarship provides a valuable, multifaceted view of a country still struggling with the aftereffects of genocide and civil war. It offers an important corrective to the naively rosy picture of Rwanda that too often prevails in the American media.”—Adam Hochschild, author ofKing Leopold’s Ghost“An important contribution to scholarship both on Rwanda and on human rights. Many of the chapters, by leading and emergent Rwanda scholars, directly challenge received wisdom about governance in post-conflict-states, and raise serious questions about the impact of a range of transitional justice measures on longer-term peacebuilding.”—Chandra Lekha Sriram, author ofPeace as Governance: Power-Sharing, Armed Groups and Contemporary Peace Negotiations“This is a mandatory book on current Rwanda—by far the best informed treatment written so far. It is a book that nobody who works in Rwanda—in development, diplomacy, information technology, health, education, etc.—should neglect: it will allow them to understand far more about this fascinating country than they could get from any other source. In short, it is a must-read for all.”—Peter Uvin,H-Africa“This volume is compulsory reading for anyone interested in comprehending some of the contemporary debates about Rwanda and human rights.”—Georgiana Holmes,The Round Table“There is still a steady flow of books about the Rwandan genocide of 1994. But Rwanda’s present circumstances have been largely neglected. This edited volume is perhaps the first serious attempt to assess contemporary politics in Rwanda over the course of the last decade.”?—Foreign Affairs