Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide

 

1.      The Crisis:

 

Time line:

The actors:

Means of prosecution:

 

2.      Long-term causes:

 

3.      Proximate causes:

 

4.      Significance (why it matters to know something about this crisis)

 

5.      Sources:

Gourevitch (1998)

Umutesi (2006)

Chabal & Daloz, Ch. 4 (1999)

Collier (2009)

Others?

Kenya’s 2007-2008 Crisis OR Ivory Coast’s 2010-2011 Crisis

 

 1. What happened?

 

• • • Time line (main events)
  • • Geography
  • • • Actors (domestic/regional/international)
    • Means

• Resolved?

2. The Nature of the Crisis

 

• • • Political
  • • Economic/Resource
  • • • Ethnic
    • Other?

3. Proximate Causes & Long-Term Causes

 

4. Resolution: Was it a good solution? What could a better solution have been?

 

5. Significance (why it matters to know something about this crisis)

 

6. Sources:

Week 6  Presentations