Genocide Prevention

Deborah Mayersen is a Senior Lecturer in International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales Canberra, at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Her research focuses on how genocides occur, the antecedents to genocide, and genocide prevention. She is the author of On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined (2014), three edited collections, and more than thirty journal articles and book chapters. She is the co-editor of Cambridge Elements in Genocide Studies. She regularly consults for NGOs in the field of atrocity prevention, and has provided expert advice to multiple governments on atrocity prevention and response.

• 1. Introduction: Evidence-Based Approaches to Genocide Prevention; 2. Denmark during the Holocaust: Jewish Survival under Nazi Rule; 3. Bulgaria during the Holocaust: An Exceptional Case; 4. East Timor's Quest for Independence: On the Brink of Genocide; 5. The Yazidis on Mt Sinjar: The Narrowest of Escapes; 6. The Baha'i in Iran: Navigating Long-Term Risk; 7. Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans in the Dominican Republic: Histories of Violence, Oppression and Resilience; 8. Conclusion: Implementing Evidence-Based Approaches to Genocide Prevention.

'Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach highlights a key gap in prevention scholarship and policy. In a move that is at once hopeful and practical, Mayersen draws upon lessons from the past to turn the conversation away from a sole focus on risk to offer examples of how societies can build resilience to genocide.' Kerry Whigham, Binghamton University, and author of Resonant Violence: Affect, Memory and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies