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Origins and Definition of the Term Ethnic Cleansing Origins and Definition of the Term Ethnic Cleansing
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Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, and International Law Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, and International Law
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History of Ethnic Cleansing: Antecedents History of Ethnic Cleansing: Antecedents
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Paths toward Ethnic Cleansing Paths toward Ethnic Cleansing
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Modern Ethnic Cleansing: The First Wave Modern Ethnic Cleansing: The First Wave
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Modern Ethnic Cleansing: The Second Wave Modern Ethnic Cleansing: The Second Wave
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Modern Ethnic Cleansing: The Third Wave Modern Ethnic Cleansing: The Third Wave
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Paradoxes of Ethnic Cleansing: States and State Collapse Paradoxes of Ethnic Cleansing: States and State Collapse
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Paradoxes of Ethnic Cleansing: Ethnic Cleansing and Ethnic Conflict Paradoxes of Ethnic Cleansing: Ethnic Cleansing and Ethnic Conflict
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2 ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ versus Genocide?
Get accessBenjamin Lieberman is Professor of History at Fitchburg State College. He is the author of Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing and the Making of Modern Europe (2006), and ‘Ethnic Cleansing in the Greek‐Turkish Conflicts from the Balkan Wars through the Treaty of Lausanne: Identifying and Defining Ethnic Cleansing’, in Steven Bela Vardy and T. Hunt Tooley (eds), Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth‐Century Europe (2003).
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Published:18 September 2012
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Abstract
This article compares ethnic cleansing with genocide. Since the 1990s, ethnic cleansing has become one of the most widely known forms of violence directed against groups. Ethnic cleansing is related to genocide, but ethnic cleansing is focused more closely than genocide on geography and on forced removal of ethnic or related groups from particular areas. The greatest overlap between ethnic cleansing and genocide takes place when forced removal of population leads to a group's destruction. Ethnic cleansing is often a policy carried out by strong states to mould the population map, especially of border zones, but the breakup of such states also generates power struggles that can lead to ethnic cleansing. Another paradox is that partition or division of ethnically or religiously mixed states has been identified both as a cause of ethnic cleansing and as a possible remedy for ethnic cleansing.
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