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Fighting for Darfur : public action and the struggle to stop genocide / Rebecca Hamilton ; preface by Mia Farrow.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 250 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230100228
  • 9780230100220
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 962.4043 22
LOC classification:
  • DT159.6.D27 H36 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Before the outcry -- An ungovernable land -- The stage is set for genocide -- Darfur attracts attention -- Building the outcry Rwanda never had -- Citizens heed the call -- Who will deliver justice? -- Who will provide protection? -- Who will push for peace? -- The limitations of the "Rwanda" model -- Revisiting assumptions -- Searching for a new way forward -- Moving China -- The ICC in action -- Darfur and beyond -- While we were watching Darfur -- Elections and expectations -- Conclusions.
Summary: Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they believe that, together, they can make a difference. When we failed to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, we promised to never let such a thing happen again. But nine years later, as news began to trickle out of killings in western Sudan, an area known as Darfur, the international community again faced the problem of how the United Nations and the United States government could respond to mass atrocity. Rebecca Hamilton passionately narrates the six-year grassroots campaign to draw global attention to the plight of Darfur's people. From college students who galvanized entire university campuses in the belief that their outcry could save millions of Darfuris still at risk, to celebrities such as Mia Farrow, who spurred politicians to act, to Steven Spielberg, who boycotted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Hamilton details how advocacy for Darfur was an exuberant, multibillion-dollar effort. She then does what no one has done to date: she takes us into the corridors of power and the camps of Darfur, and reveals the impact of ordinary people's fierce determination to uphold the mantra of "never again." Fighting for Darfur weaves a gripping story that both dramatizes our moral dilemma and shows the promise and perils of citizen engagement in a new era of global compassion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Before the outcry -- An ungovernable land -- The stage is set for genocide -- Darfur attracts attention -- Building the outcry Rwanda never had -- Citizens heed the call -- Who will deliver justice? -- Who will provide protection? -- Who will push for peace? -- The limitations of the "Rwanda" model -- Revisiting assumptions -- Searching for a new way forward -- Moving China -- The ICC in action -- Darfur and beyond -- While we were watching Darfur -- Elections and expectations -- Conclusions.

Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they believe that, together, they can make a difference. When we failed to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, we promised to never let such a thing happen again. But nine years later, as news began to trickle out of killings in western Sudan, an area known as Darfur, the international community again faced the problem of how the United Nations and the United States government could respond to mass atrocity. Rebecca Hamilton passionately narrates the six-year grassroots campaign to draw global attention to the plight of Darfur's people. From college students who galvanized entire university campuses in the belief that their outcry could save millions of Darfuris still at risk, to celebrities such as Mia Farrow, who spurred politicians to act, to Steven Spielberg, who boycotted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Hamilton details how advocacy for Darfur was an exuberant, multibillion-dollar effort. She then does what no one has done to date: she takes us into the corridors of power and the camps of Darfur, and reveals the impact of ordinary people's fierce determination to uphold the mantra of "never again." Fighting for Darfur weaves a gripping story that both dramatizes our moral dilemma and shows the promise and perils of citizen engagement in a new era of global compassion.

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