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Genocide as a matter of degree 1
Author(s) -
Campbell Bradley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01382.x
Subject(s) - genocide , criminology , ethnic group , degree (music) , identification (biology) , ideal (ethics) , sociology , political science , law , physics , biology , botany , acoustics
Abstract This article employs Max Weber's ideal‐type method to classify genocides based on their degree of mass killing, unilateralism, and ethnic liability. The identification of the elements of genocide draws from a general theory of genocide (Campbell 2009, 2010) and from theories of social control employing Donald Black's (1995, 1998) theoretical approach, known as pure sociology . Because these theories identify the social features associated with each element of genocide, they can explain the form genocides take.