The Dark Side of Democracy

2005 book by Michael Mann

The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing is a 2005 book by Michael Mann which argues that democracy often leads to violent ethnic cleansing to make the nation more ethnically homogenous. Mann's argument was described as a provocative challenge to positive views of democracy.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] However, one reviewer stated that in his book Mann often qualified the linkage of democracy and ethnic cleansing, to the extent that the principal argument in the book could be summarized as "in all periods in human history political leaders have ordered or tolerated the murder of subsets of their populations", but in recent times victims are targeted for their membership in an ethnic group rather than place of residence or religion.[11]

References

  1. ^ Breuilly, John; Cesarani, David; Malesevic, Sinisa; Neuberger, Benyamin; Mann, Michael (2006). "Debate On Michael Mann's The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing". Nations and Nationalism. 12 (3): 389–411. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8129.2006.00251.x.
  2. ^ Glassheim, Eagle (2006). "The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing". Central European History. 39 (3): 519–521. doi:10.1017/S0008938906320171. S2CID 145662288.
  3. ^ Torpey, John (2005). "Understanding Ethnic Cleansing: The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing by Michael Mann Cambridge University Press, 2004, 590 pages". Contexts. 4 (3): 60–62. doi:10.1525/ctx.2005.4.3.60. S2CID 61720302.
  4. ^ Weitz, Eric D. (2005). "The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing". The American Historical Review. 110 (4): 1138–1139. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.4.1138. S2CID 165924387.
  5. ^ Burke, John Francis (2007). "The Dark Side of Democracy: Michael Mann. The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004". History: Reviews of New Books. 35 (3): 89–91. doi:10.3200/HIST.35.3.89-91. S2CID 142981229.
  6. ^ Suzuki, Susumu (November 2005). "Review of Mann, Michael, The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing and Mills, Nicolaus; Brunner, Kira, eds., The New Killing Fields: Massacre and the Politics of Intervention". H-Genocide, H-Review. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  7. ^ Magid, Itamar (2010). "Review: The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing". Amsterdam Law Forum. 2 (3): 107. doi:10.37974/ALF.139.
  8. ^ Alvarez, A. (2007). "The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing, Michael Mann (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 590 pp., cloth $70.00, 584 pp., pbk. $24.99". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 21 (1): 156–158. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcm019.
  9. ^ Suny, Ronald Grigor (2006). "The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. By Michael Mann (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005) 590 pp. $70.00". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 37 (1): 92–94. doi:10.1162/jinh.2006.37.1.92. S2CID 145149207.
  10. ^ Berns-McGown, Rima (2005). "Review: A Century of Genocide, the Dark Side of Democracy". International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 60 (4): 1170–1173. doi:10.1177/002070200506000424. S2CID 149432173.
  11. ^ Laitin, David (2006). "Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide". An Anatomy of Power: The Social Theory of Michael Mann. Cambridge University Press. pp. 328–340. ISBN 978-0-521-85000-1.