Positive Autonomy as a Mechanism in Rwanda's Post-Genocide Development

By Stephen Powell

This work begins with an examination of the pre-1994 history of Rwanda in order to examine the factors that led to the Rwandan Genocide. Following the historical perspective, this book moves to post-1994 Rwanda to examine the factors that have led to the nations continuing development with a special focus on the concept of positive autonomy. Positive autonomy, as defined in this work, has three defining characteristics; first, the ability of a country to pursue its own internally driven policy choices, especially in the face of international opposition but not necessarily in the face of opposition; second, the "ownership" of a community over policy developments that affect them, i.e. their involvement in the administration of the policy; third, the ability of a country to reject policy propositions from the outside. Positive autonomy is meant to convey the highest levels of political autonomy historically enjoyed only by the most wealthy and powerful states.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1387136755
• ISBN13: 9781387136759
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"