Motivating Genocide: Indirect Colonial Rule as a Motivator of Genocidal Ideology and Policy

Author

Trevor Bruce Rockstad

Date of Award

2007

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Political Science

First Advisor

Megan Shannon

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

In this study I have explored indirect colonial rule as a motivation of genocide. I use case studies of the 1994 Rwandan and 1975 Cambodian genocides to illustrate the way that indirect colonially rule divided societies, creating colonially relegated and colonially elevated sections of society. Genocide becomes a more likely possibility if the colonially relegated group gains power after decolonization. If this group does gain power, it will pursue a policy of retribution for oppression suffered during the colonially period, repression of the colonially elevated group, and minimization of the return to the colonially order in which they were the relegated group. Under the right conditions, these divisions can result in genocide.

Recommended Citation

Rockstad, Trevor Bruce, "Motivating Genocide: Indirect Colonial Rule as a Motivator of Genocidal Ideology and Policy" (2007). Honors Theses. 2406.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2406

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