Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead / edited by Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, Elizabeth Minor, Samrat Sinha.
2016
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Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead / edited by Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, Elizabeth Minor, Samrat Sinha.
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Edition
1st ed. 2016.
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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Description
X, 143 p. 12 illus. online resource.
Series
Demographic transformation and socio-economic development. 2543-0041 ; 4.
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Chapter 1: General Introduction: Armed Conflicts and the Body Count: an Issue for Population Studies and Development: Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Part I: Methodologies, Development Issues and Politics: Chapter 2: Development Consequences of Armed Conflict: Scott Gates. Havard Hegre, Havard Mokleiv Nygard and Havard Strand
Chapter 3: Numbers Count: Dead Bodies, Statistics and the Politics of Armed Conflicts: Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Chapter 4: Accounting for Civilian Casualties: From the Past to the Future: Nicholas Jewell, Michael Spagat and Britta Jewell
Chapter 5: The ICRC, Confidentiality, Neutrality and Missing Persons, from a historical perspective: Isabelle Vonèche-Cardia
Part II: Annexes: Case Studies of the Experience of Practitioners: Chapter 6: Recording Casualties of Explosive Violence: Evidence-based Advocacy in Practice: Henry Dodd and Robert Perkins
Chapter 7: Measuring the Burden of Conflict through Local Newspapers: Findings from the Manipur Micro-level Insurgency Events Database of 2008-2009: Samrat Sinha
Chapter 8: Documenting Human Losses in Croatia 1991 - 1995: Igor Roginek
Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Demographics of War and Development: Issues for Policy-makers: Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Index.
Part I: Methodologies, Development Issues and Politics: Chapter 2: Development Consequences of Armed Conflict: Scott Gates. Havard Hegre, Havard Mokleiv Nygard and Havard Strand
Chapter 3: Numbers Count: Dead Bodies, Statistics and the Politics of Armed Conflicts: Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Chapter 4: Accounting for Civilian Casualties: From the Past to the Future: Nicholas Jewell, Michael Spagat and Britta Jewell
Chapter 5: The ICRC, Confidentiality, Neutrality and Missing Persons, from a historical perspective: Isabelle Vonèche-Cardia
Part II: Annexes: Case Studies of the Experience of Practitioners: Chapter 6: Recording Casualties of Explosive Violence: Evidence-based Advocacy in Practice: Henry Dodd and Robert Perkins
Chapter 7: Measuring the Burden of Conflict through Local Newspapers: Findings from the Manipur Micro-level Insurgency Events Database of 2008-2009: Samrat Sinha
Chapter 8: Documenting Human Losses in Croatia 1991 - 1995: Igor Roginek
Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Demographics of War and Development: Issues for Policy-makers: Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Index.
Summary
This book examines the methodological problems of accounting for the dead in armed conflicts as well as how the process itself is open to manipulation and controversy. Inspired by the work of the International Practitioner Network of casualty recording organizations, the book features thematic analysis, case studies and historical discussion on the use of the body count towards political, humanitarian and military ends. The book begins with a strategic analysis of the body count that introduces a general discussion on the measurement of war violence; its treatment by the media, humanitarian organizations, governments and the military; and its legal and political implications. It then examines the accounting for civilian war casualties in past and future conflicts, investigates the way the International Committee of the Red Cross has dealt with the issue of missing persons and the identification of dead bodies in armed conflicts, and explores the role of statistics in aid policy debates, especially in regards to humanitarian workers. Next, the book details the field of casualty recording as practiced by civil society organizations, with insights from a study of 40 practitioners. It also features narrative case studies that detail the ways human losses were documented during recent conflicts in Northeastern India (2006-2009) and Croatia (1991-1995). In addition, one case study looks at the usefulness of casualty recording in engaging policymakers on the impacts of particular technologies of violence. This book offers an insightful investigation into violence, statistics and the politics of accounting for the dead. It will appeal to a broad audience of policy-makers, human rights activists, humanitarian practitioners as well as academics.
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