 | Robert Melson - History - 1992 - 404 pages
...open as a variable the type of group that may be victimized by genocide Thus Chalk defines genocide as "a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state...and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator" See his "Definitions of Genocide and Their Implications for Prediction and Prevention," in Bauer et... | |
 | George J. Andreopoulos - History - 1997 - 280 pages
...of Chalk and Jonassohn, ignore the need for such distinctions by embracing all victims of the state: "Genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which...that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator."18 Their "groups" include those constructed by the paranoid imagination of despots —... | |
 | Herbert Hirsch - Social Science - 1995 - 258 pages
...made to reconceptualize genocide. Chalk and Jonassohn (1990), for example, have defined genocide as "a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state...and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator" (p. 23). In this case, the definition is hardly an improvement over the UN definition since the question... | |
 | Jonathan Frankel - History - 1998 - 422 pages
...matter for their executioners to decide. In a succinct definition by Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn, "genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which...that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrators."12 Before the perpetrators acquire power over their victims' lives, they must acquire... | |
 | Mohammed Kakar - History - 2023 - 400 pages
...on an entire society.7 Chalk and Jonassohn have combined these categories into a master definition: "Genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which...that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator."8 For genocide to happen, there must be certain preconditions. Foremost among them is... | |
 | Ward Churchill - History - 1997 - 554 pages
...cit., p. 261) again trots right along: "The latest and most inclusive definition of genocide is simply 'a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as a group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator (emphasis in the original)." 43. The complete... | |
 | F. C. DeCoste, Bernard Schwartz - History - 2000 - 596 pages
...victims are is a matter for their executors to decide. In a succinct definition by Chalk and Jonassohn, "genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which...that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrators."16 Before the genocide perpetrators acquire the power over their victim's life, they... | |
 | William Schabas - Law - 2000 - 644 pages
...biological and social reproduction of group members.' 13 Chalk and Jonassohn, 'Conceptual Framework', p. 23: 'Genocide is a form of onesided mass killing in which...authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and members in it are denned by the perpetrator.' See also Frank Chalk, 'Redefining Genocide', in Andreopoulos,... | |
 | Ken Booth - Human rights - 2001 - 402 pages
...in regard to the victim group is provided by Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn who define genocide as 'a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state...membership in it are defined by the perpetrator'.'" The main difference between the Genocide Convention and this definition is that there is no restriction... | |
 | Irving Louis Horowitz - Political Science - 468 pages
...of Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn is especially valuable in this regard. They speak of "genocide as a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state...membership in it are defined by the perpetrator." Realizing that this definition offers a necessary but not sufficient explanation, Chalk and Jonassohn... | |
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genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrators.'6 Before the perpetrators of genocide acquire the power over their victims'... 
