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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781501739835
035			_a(DE-B1597)527428
035			_a(OCoLC)1089840425
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aHV6189 _b.D73 2020
072		7	_aPOL061000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a364.138 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aDragojević, Mila _eautore
245	1	0	_aAmoral Communities : _bCollective Crimes in Time of War / _cMila Dragojević.
264		1	_aIthaca, NY : _bCornell University Press, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a1 online resource (224 p.) : _b7 b&w halftones, 2 maps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tIllustrations -- _tPreface -- _tAbbreviations -- _tIntroduction: Civilians in Wars -- _t1. The Making of Amoral Communities -- _t2. Evidence of Amoral Communities -- _t3. The Exclusion of Moderates -- _t4. The Production of Borders -- _t5. Memories and Violence -- _t6. Violence against Civilians as a Political Strategy -- _tConclusion: Preventing Collective Crimes -- _tAppendix: An Excerpt from the Field Notes by Helga Paškvan -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aIn Amoral Communities, Mila Dragojević examines how conditions conducive to atrocities against civilians are created during wartime in some communities. She identifies the exclusion of moderates and the production of borders as the main processes. In these places, political and ethnic identities become linked and targeted violence against civilians becomes both tolerated and justified by the respective authorities as a necessary sacrifice for a greater political goal.Dragojević augments the literature on genocide and civil wars by demonstrating how violence can be used as a political strategy, and how communities, as well as individuals, remember episodes of violence against civilians. The communities on which she focuses are Croatia in the 1990s and Uganda and Guatemala in the 1980s. In each case Dragojević considers how people who have lived peacefully as neighbors for many years are suddenly transformed into enemies, yet intracommunal violence is not ubiquitous throughout the conflict zone; rather, it is specific to particular regions or villages within those zones. Reporting on the varying wartime experiences of individuals, she adds depth, emotion, and objectivity to the historical and socioeconomic conditions that shaped each conflict.Furthermore, as Amoral Communities describes, the exclusion of moderates and the production of borders limit individuals' freedom to express their views, work to prevent the possible defection of members of an in-group, and facilitate identification of individuals who are purportedly a threat. Even before mass killings begin, Dragojević finds, these and similar changes will have transformed particular villages or regions into amoral communities, places where the definition of crime changes and violence is justified as a form of self-defense by perpetrators.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650		0	_aCivilians in war _xViolence against _zCroatia.
650		0	_aCivilians in war _xViolence against _zGuatemala.
650		0	_aCivilians in war _xViolence against _zUganda.
650		0	_aCivilians in war _zCroatia.
650		0	_aCivilians in war _zGuatemala.
650		0	_aCivilians in war _zUganda.
650		0	_aEthnic conflict _zCroatia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical violence _zCroatia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical violence _zGuatemala _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical violence _zUganda _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWar and crime _zCroatia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWar and crime _zGuatemala _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWar and crime _zUganda _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aYugoslav War, 1991-1995 _zCroatia.
650		4	_aInternational Studies.
650		4	_aPolitical Science & Political History.
650		4	_aSoviet & East European History.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes. _2bisacsh
653			_agenocide, ethnic violence, violence against civilians, nationalism, Ethnicity, violence, civilians, genocide, Croatia, Political Violence, Ethnic Conflict.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781501739835?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501739835
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501739835/original
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