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Becoming Rwandan : Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen / S. Garnett Russell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Genocide, Political Violence, Human RightsPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (250 p.) : 23 b-w imagesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781978802872
  • 9781978802902
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 379.67571 23
LOC classification:
  • LC95.R87 R87 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Role of Education in Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation -- 3. Constructing Citizenship and a Post-Genocide Identity -- 4. Using and Abusing Human Rights Norms -- 5. Addressing the Genocide and Promoting Reconciliation -- 6. The Potential and Limitations of Education for Peacebuilding -- Appendix A: Research Methods and Data Analysis -- Appendix B: National Policy Documents, Curricula, and Textbooks -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the government’s efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Role of Education in Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation -- 3. Constructing Citizenship and a Post-Genocide Identity -- 4. Using and Abusing Human Rights Norms -- 5. Addressing the Genocide and Promoting Reconciliation -- 6. The Potential and Limitations of Education for Peacebuilding -- Appendix A: Research Methods and Data Analysis -- Appendix B: National Policy Documents, Curricula, and Textbooks -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index

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In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the government’s efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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