Aanbieding Political Governance In Postgenocide Rwanda – Filip Reyntjens

Filip Reyntjens’s new book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the RPF has employed various means – rigged elections, elimination of opposition parties and civil society, legislation outlawing dissenting opinions, and terrorism – to consolidate power and perpetuate its position as the nation’s ruling party. Although many international observers have hailed Rwanda as a …