Mass violence and genocidal events are presently characterized by new patterns that clearly set them apart from previous genocides and mass atrocities. These changes in the nature of mass atrocity events have necessarily shifted perspectives and conceptualizations of genocide and mass atrocities. Gerlach’s (2006, 2010) concept of ‘extremely violent societies’ seeks to deconstruct conventional understandings of genocidal mass violence and to re-contextualize it within a larger framework of conflict and in the ‘grassroots nature’ of other types of violence from which these events emerge. Based on his concept, I constructed a ‘Violent Societies Index’ (VSI), which offers a new approach to the multifaceted nature of contemporary mass violence and provides a new tool for a contextual and pattern analysis: it is the ‘how’ of extreme levels of violence that is addressed rather than the ‘why’.
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Implications of Cryptocurrency Energy Usage on Climate Change
Zhang, Dongna, Xihui Haviour Chen, Chi Keung Lau, and Bing Xu. 2023. “Implications of Cryptocurrency Energy Usage on Climate Change.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 187: 122219.
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How Much Does Racial Bias Affect Mortgage Lending? Evidence from Human and Algorithmic Credit Decisions
Bhutta, Neil and Hizmo, Aurel and Ringo, Daniel. 2022. “How Much Does Racial Bias Affect Mortgage Lending? Evidence from Human and Algorithmic Credit Decisions.” FEDS Working Paper No. 2022-67, SSRN
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