Scott Straus

Champ de recherche génocide, violence politique, droits de l'Homme, politiques africaines
Institution University of Wisconsin-Madison
Position professeur de science politique et d'études internationales
Thème Usages et mésusages de la mémoire

Biographie

Scott Straus est professeur de sciences politiques à l’Université du Wisconsin-Madison. Spécialiste des génocides, de la violence politiques, des droits de l’homme et de la politique africaine, il est l’auteur de Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa (2015) et de Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (2016).

Publications

Straus, Scott, and Michel Wieviorka. “Introducing a New Journal: Violence.” Violence: An International Journal, 2020, 263300242090426.
Carter, Kate M., and Scott Straus. “Changing Patterns of Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, edited by Kate M. Carter and Scott Straus. Oxford University Press, 2019.
Straus, Scott. The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019.
Straus, Scott. “The Promise and Limits of Comparison: The Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda.” In Is the Holocaust Unique?: Perspectives on Comparative Genocide, edited by Alan S Rosenbaum. Westview Press Incorporated, 2009. 245-257.
Straus, Scott. “Uncoupling Post-War Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda.” Society for Cultural Anthropology (blog), March 27, 2012.
Straus, Scott. “Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwanda Genocide and the International Community by Linda Melvern.” Political Science Quarterly 120, no. 2 (2005): 348–50.
Straus, Scott, BNET (United States. Department of State), and Ralph J. Bunche Library. The Ralph Bunche Library presents: Scott Straus, “Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.” Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Administration, Office of General Services Management, Media Services Division, Video Production Unit, 2016.
Braud, Pierre-Antoine, Élisabeth Claverie, and Scott Straus. “Purifier et détruire. Usages politiques des massacres et génocides, de Jacques Sémelin.” Politique africaine, no. 101 (2006): 195.
Straus, Scott. “Review of The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa, René Lemarchand.” Perspectives on Politics 8, no. 1 (2010): 385–86.
Straus, Scott. “Review of Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century.” International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) 79, no. 2 (2003): 469–70.
Straus, Scott. “Review of Darfur’s Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide.” The American Historical Review 113, no. 5 (2008): 1632–33.
Straus, Scott. “Bush and the World, Take 2 - Darfur and the Genocide Debate - As Western Sudan Continues to Suffer, Much International Attention Has Focused on Whether to Call What Is Happening There ‘Genocide.’ Yet Once the Term Was Invoked, It Did Not Trigger Outside Intervention. Terminology Turns out to Matter Far Less than Was Expected. And Once More, the World Has Dithered While People Die.” Foreign Affairs. 84, no. 1 (2005): 123.
Guichaoua, André, Don E. Webster, and Scott Straus. From War to Genocide: Criminal Politics in Rwanda, 1990-1994. Critical Human Rights. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2015.
Straus, Scott. “Genocide and Human Rights.” In Human Rights: Politics and Practice, edited by Michael E. Goodhart, Second edition., 273–89. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Straus, Scott. “Muster von Genozid Und Massengewalt in Subsahara-Afrika.” In Das Zeitalter Der Genozide: Ursprünge, Formen Und Folgen Politischer Gewalt Im 20. Jahrhundert, 97–113. Gewaltpolitik Und Menschenrechte, Band 1. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2017.
Straus, Scott. African politics. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016.
Straus, Scott. Genocide. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016.
Straus, Scott, and Barry Driscoll. International Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019.
Plauchut, Agathe, Scott Straus, and Jean-Charles Jauffret. Stratégies rebelles et aide internationale dans l’Afrique des Grands Lacs: 1981-2013. Mondes en mouvement. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2018.
Straus, Scott, and Shaharyar M. Khan. “The Shallow Graves of Rwanda.” African Studies Review 45, no. 3 (2002): 141.
Straus, Scott. Post-war reconstruction. SAGE video shorts, 2016.
Chretien, Jean-pierre, and Scott Straus. Great Lakes of Africa - Two Thousand Years of History. Zone Books, 2006.
Straus, Scott. “Political Science and Genocide.” In The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies, edited by Donald Bloxham and A. Dirk Moses, 163–81. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Walle, Nicolas Van De, and Scott Straus. “The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda.” Foreign Affairs 85, no. 6 (2006): 179.
Straus, Scott. “Order in Disorder: A Micro-Comparative Study of Genocidal Dynamics in Rwanda.” In Order, Conflict, and Violence, edited by Stathis N Kalyvas, Ian Shapiro, and Tarek Masoud, 301–20. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Straus, Scott, and Andrew Morton. “Moi: The Making of an African Statesman.” African Studies Review 42, no. 3 (1999): 205.
Straus, Scott. “Genocide and Human Rights.” In Human Rights: Politics and Practice, edited by Michael E Goodhart, 3rd ed., 351-. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Straus, Scott. “Introduction: Rwanda Twenty Years After the Genocide.” African Affairs, 2014.
Straus, Scott. Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018.
Straus, Scott. “From ‘Rescue’ to Violence.” In Resisting Genocide, edited by Jacques Semelin, Claire Andrieu, and Sarah Gensburger, 331–44. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Straus, Scott. “Studying Perpetrators: A Reflection.” Journal of Perpetrator Research 1, no. 1 (2017).
Straus, Scott. “Organic Purity and the Role of Anthropology in Cambodia and Rwanda.” Patterns of Prejudice 35, no. 2 (2001): 47–62.
Straus, Scott. “« Les autres ont déjà commencé à travailler ».” Vacarme 27, no. 2 (2004): 36–39.
Straus, Scott. “The Politics of Collective Violence.” International Affairs 80, no. 1 (2004): 129–30.
Straus, Scott. “Rwanda and Darfur: A Comparative Analysis.” Genocide Studies and Prevention 1, no. 1 (2006): 41–56.
Straus, Scott. “A Step Forward.” Genocide Studies and Prevention 4, no. 2 (2009): 185–90.
Straus, Scott, and Lars Waldorf. “Obituary: Alison Des Forges, 1942-2009.” Journal of Genocide Research 11, no. 2–3 (2009): 2–3.
Bassett, Thomas F., and Scott Straus. “Defending Democracy in Cote d’Ivoire: Africa Takes a Stand.” Foreign Affairs 90, no. 4 (2011): 130–40.
Levene, Mark, and Scott Straus. “Genocide in the Age of the Nation State.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476.
Straus, Scott. “Second-Generation Comparative Research on Genocide.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476–501.
Straus, Scott. “Second-Generation Comparative Research on Genocide.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476–501.
Straus, Scott, and Frank Chalk. “The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda.” African Studies Review 50, no. 3 (2007): 181–83.
Weitz, Eric D., and Scott Straus. “A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476.
Straus, Scott. “L’échec de l’opposition locale au génocide rwandais.” In La résistance aux génocides De la pluralité des actes de sauvetage, edited by Jacques Sémelin and Sarah Gensburger, 345–59. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po (P.F.N.S.P.), 2010.
Guichaoua, André, Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, and Scott Straus. “Aspirations démocratiques et « démocraties autoritaires » en Afrique centrale.” Revue Tiers-Monde, no. 228 (2016).
Straus, Scott. “Escape from Animal House: Frat Boy Tells All; From Gung-Ho Pledge to Anti-Frat Activist in Just a Few Weeks of Hell.” On The Issues 5, no. 1 (1996): 26.
Straus, Scott. “Morton Andrew. Moi: The Making of an African Statesman. London: Michael O’Mara Books, 1999 (US). Distributed by Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, North Pomfret, VT, 05053. Viii + 207 Pp. Photographs. Chronology. Select Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Cloth.” African Studies Review 42, no. 3 (1999): 205–6.
Braathen, Einar, Morten Bøås, Gjermund Sæther, and Scott Straus. “Ethnicity Kills? The Politics of War, Peace and Ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa.” African Studies Review 44, no. 1 (2001): 113–18.
Forster, Peter G., Michael Hitchcock, Francis F. Lyimo, and Scott Straus. “Race and Ethnicity in East Africa.” African Studies Review 44, no. 1 (2001): 113–18.
Straus, Scott. “The Perils of Ethnicity.” African Studies Review 44, no. 1 (2001): 113–18.
Straus, Scott. “Shaharyar M. Khan. The Shallow Graves of Rwanda. London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. Distributed by Palgrave-USA. Xi + 228 Pp. Photographs. Map. Bibliography. Index. $35.00. Cloth.” African Studies Review 45, no. 3 (2002): 141–43.
Straus, Scott. “Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwanda Genocide and the International Communityby Linda Melvern.” Political Science Quarterly 120, no. 2 (2005): 348–50.
Straus, Scott. “Reviewed Work: Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwanda Genocide and the International Community by Linda Melvern.” Political Science Quarterly 120, no. 2 (2005): 348–50.
Straus, Scott. “Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aidby Sarah Kenyon Lischer.” Political Science Quarterly 121, no. 3 (2006): 527–29.
Straus, Scott. “Darfur: A Short History of a Long War and Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide -.” Perspectives on Politics 4, no. 3 (2006): 627–29.
Levene, Mark, and Scott Straus. “Genocide in the Age of the Nation State.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476.
Levene, Mark, and Scott Straus. “Vol. 1. The Meaning of Genocide.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476.
Levene, Mark, and Scott Straus. “Vol. 2. The Rise of the West and the Coming of Genocide.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476.
Mann, Michael, and Scott Straus. “The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing.” World Politics 59, no. 3 (2007): 476.
Straus, Scott. “Eric Reeves. A Long Day’s Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide. Toronto: The Key Publishing House, 2007. 360 Pp. Photographs. Maps. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. $37.99. Paper.” African Studies Review 51, no. 2 (2008): 180–82.
Straus, Scott. “M. W. Daly. Darfur’s Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. Xix, 368. $22.99.Reviews of BooksMiddle East and Northern Africa.” The American Historical Review 113, no. 5 (2008): 1632–33.
Straus, Scott. “The Media and the Rwanda Genocide Edited by Thompson Allan, with a Statement by Annan KofiLondon/Ottawa: Pluto Press/International Development Research Centre, 2007. Pp. 463, £19.99.” The Journal of Modern African Studies 46, no. 1 (2008): 165–66.
Straus, Scott. “Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder by Daniel Chirot and Clark McCauley.” Nations and Nationalism 14, no. 1 (2008): 194–96.
Straus, Scott. “Reviewed Work: L’Afrique Des Grands Lacs: Dix Ans de Transitions Conflictuelles, Annuaire 2005-2006 by Filip Reyntjens, Stefaan Marysse.” Edited by Filip Reyntjens and Stefaan Marysse. African Affairs 108, no. 430 (2009): 145–47.
Straus, Scott. “The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa. By Lemarchand René. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. 323p. $59.95 Cloth, $27.50 Paper.” Perspectives on Politics 8, no. 1 (2010): 385–86.
Straus, Scott. “Briefing: ‘It’s Sheer Horror Here’: Patterns of Violence During the First Four Months of Côte D’ivoire’s Post-Electoral Crisis.” African Affairs 110, no. 440 (2011): 481–89.
Finkel, Evgeny, and Scott Straus. “Macro, Meso, and Micro Research on Genocide: Gains, Shortcomings, and Future Areas of Inquiry.” Genocide Studies and Prevention 7, no. 1 (2012): 56–67.
Straus, Scott. “Destroy Them to Save Us: Theories of Genocide and the Logics of Political Violence.” Terrorism and Political Violence 24, no. 4 (2012): 544–60.
Straus, Scott. “Retreating from the Brink: Theorizing Mass Violence and the Dynamics of Restraint.” Perspectives on Politics 10, no. 2 (2012): 343–62.
Straus, Scott, Lars Waldorf, and William Plowright. “Remaking Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence.” Nations and Nationalism 18, no. 3 (2012): 558–59.
Kydd, Andrew H., and Scott Straus. “The Road to Hell? Third-Party Intervention to Prevent Atrocities.” American Journal of Political Science 57, no. 3 (2013): 673–84.
Straus, Scott. “Challenges, Debates, and Reflections on the ‘Post’ in ‘Post-Conflict’ Côte d’Ivoire: An Introduction.” Canadian Journal of African Studies. 48, no. 2 (2014): 181–84.
Straus, Scott. “What Is Being Prevented? Genocide, Mass Atrocity, and Conceptual Ambiguity in the Anti-Atrocity Movement.” In Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention, edited by Alex Zucker, Sheri P. Rosenberg, and Tibi Galis, 17–30. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Straus, Scott. “Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse. By Staniland Paul . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 312p. $82.50 Cloth, $27.95 Paper.” Perspectives on Politics 14, no. 1 (2016): 204–6.
Straus, Scott. “Response to Paul Staniland’s Review of Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership and Genocide in Modern Africa.” Perspectives on Politics 14, no. 1 (2016): 203–4.
Guichaoua, André, Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, and Scott Straus. “Aspirations démocratiques et « démocraties autoritaires » en Afrique centrale.” Revue Tiers Monde, no. 228 (2017): 9–21.
Taylor, Charles Fernandes, Jon CW Pevehouse, and Scott Straus. “Perils of Pluralism: Electoral Violence and Incumbency in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal of Peace Research 54, no. 3 (2017): 397.
Hillebrecht, Courtney, and Scott Straus. “Who Pursues the Perpetrators?: State Cooperation with the ICC.” Human Rights Quarterly 39, no. 1 (2017): 162–88.
Straus, Scott. “Organic Purity and the Role of Anthropology in Cambodia and Rwanda.” Patterns of Prejudice 35, no. 2 (2001): 47–62.
Straus, Scott. “M. W. DALY. Darfur’s Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide.” The American Historical Review. 113, no. 5 (2008): 1632.
Straus, Scott. “Contested Meanings and Conflicting Imperatives: A Conceptual Analysis of Genocide.” In Defining the Horrific : Readings on Genocide and Holocaust in the Twentieth Century Defining the Horrific : Readings on Genocide and Holocaust in the Twentieth Century, edited by William L. Hewitt, 6–24. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004.
Straus, Scott. “The Order of Genocide.” In Genocide, edited by Adam Jones, 3:246–58. Sage Library of International Relations ; Genocide 3. Los Angeles: Sage, 2008.
Straus, Scott. “Darfur and the Genocide Debate.” In Human Rights : Critical Concepts in Political Science Human Rights : Critical Concepts in Political Science, edited by Richard Falk, Hilal Elver, and Lisa Hajjar, 3:303–10. London: Routledge, 2008.
Straus, Scott. “Contested Meanings and Conflicting Imperatives: A Conceptual Analysis of Genocide.” Journal of Genocide Research 3, no. 3 (2001): 349–75.
Straus, Scott. “Darfur’s Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide.” The American Historical Review 113, no. 5 (2008): 1632–33.
Straus, Scott. “How Many Perpetrators Were There in the Rwandan Genocide? An Estimate.” Journal of Genocide Research 6, no. 1 (2004): 85–98.
Straus, Scott. Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015.
Lyons, Robert, and Scott Straus. Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide. New York : Cambridge, Mass: Zone Books ; Distributed by the MIT Press, 2006.
Leonard, David K., and Scott Straus. Africa’s stalled development: international causes and cures. Boulder, Colo., Etats-Unis d’Amérique: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003.
Straus, Scott. The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 2008.