All Outputs (6)

The Genocide-Ecocide Nexus (2021)
Book
Short, D., & Crook, M. (Eds.). The Genocide-Ecocide Nexus. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003253983

In a world gripped by an ever-worsening ecological crisis there are present and increasing genocidal pressures on many culturally distinct social groups, such as indigenous peoples. This is where the genocide-ecocide nexus presents itself. The des... Read More about The Genocide-Ecocide Nexus.

A political economy of genocide in Australia: The architecture of dispossession then and now (2019)
Book Chapter
Crook, M., & Short, D. (2019). A political economy of genocide in Australia: The architecture of dispossession then and now. In J. Bachman (Ed.), Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics and Global Manifestations (140-178). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351214100-7

This chapter examines the full range of literature on aboriginal participation in the Australian economy. Most of the scholarly works that consider the question of genocide in Australia focus on the “dispersal” extermination campaigns of the 1800s an... Read More about A political economy of genocide in Australia: The architecture of dispossession then and now.

Ecocide, genocide, capitalism and colonialism: Consequences for indigenous peoples and glocal ecosystems environments (2018)
Journal Article
Crook, M., Short, D., & South, N. (2018). Ecocide, genocide, capitalism and colonialism: Consequences for indigenous peoples and glocal ecosystems environments. Theoretical Criminology, 22(3), 298-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480618787176

Continuing injustices and denial of rights of indigenous peoples are part of the long legacy of colonialism. Parallel processes of exploitation and injustice can be identified in relation to non-human species and/or aspects of the natural environment... Read More about Ecocide, genocide, capitalism and colonialism: Consequences for indigenous peoples and glocal ecosystems environments.

Marx, Lemkin and the genocide–ecocide nexus (2014)
Journal Article
Crook, M., & Short, D. (2014). Marx, Lemkin and the genocide–ecocide nexus. International Journal of Human Rights, 18(3), 298-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2014.914703

A number of studies have shown that ecocide can be a method of genocide if, for example, environmental destruction results in conditions of life that fundamentally threaten a social groups cultural and/or physical existence.1 With the ever-increasing... Read More about Marx, Lemkin and the genocide–ecocide nexus.

The Mau Mau genocide: A neo-Lemkinian analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Crook, M. (2013). The Mau Mau genocide: A neo-Lemkinian analysis. Journal of Human Rights in the Commonwealth, 1(1), 18-37. https://doi.org/10.14296/jhrc.v1i1.1697

This paper attempts to analyse the colonisation of Kenya by the British colonial government and the necessary genocidal effect on the ethnic group known as the Kikuyu through the lens of genocide as understood by Raphael Lemkin, the neologist of the... Read More about The Mau Mau genocide: A neo-Lemkinian analysis.

At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will (2012)
Report
Patel, R., & Crook, M. (2012). At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will. Commonwealth Advisory Bureau

Coverage of the upcoming Rio+20 Earth Summit has tended either to express exasperation at the futility of a single conference attempting to address multiple planetary crises or to bemoan the fact that, while laudable, the little that is being done co... Read More about At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will.