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A photo of genocide scholar Adam Jones by the Volga River in Kazan, Russia.
Adam Jones, June 2008.

Adam Jones (born in Singapore in 1963) is a political scientist, writer, and photojournalist based at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, BC, Canada. He is executive director of the nongovernmental organization Gendercide Watch. He was chosen as one of "Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide" for the book of that name, scheduled for publication in 2010.[1]

Genocide

Jones is best known for his work in comparative genocide studies. He is author of a leading textbook in the field, "Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction" (Routledge, 2nd edn. forthcoming 2010), and author or editor of numerous other works on genocide and crimes against humanity. From 2005-07, he was Associate Research Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He serves as senior book review editor of the Journal of Genocide Research, and has given talks and academic presentations on genocide at conferences and seminars in North and South America, Europe, and East Asia.

In addition to promoting a global-comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the field in his Genocide textbook, Jones has done influential work on genocide and gender (see below). He has also explored artistic and cultural representations of genocide,[2] genocide and structural violence,[3] and (with Nicholas A. Robins) subaltern genocide, or "genocides by the oppressed."[4]

Gender and international relations

Jones is known for his distinctive approach to the study of gender and international relations.[5] [6] [7] [8] While supporting feminist claims for attention and intervention in the case of violence and discrimination against women and girls, he has called for greater attention to the plight of battle-aged civilian males, who are regularly targeted for gendercide by genocidal perpetrators.[9] In 1999, Jones co-founded the Web-based nongovernmental organization Gendercide Watch with Carla Bergman and Nate Haken, aimed at "confront[ing] gender-selective atrocities against men and women worldwide." His essays on gender, violence, and international politics are compiled in Gender Inclusive: Essays on Violence, Men, and Feminist International Relations (Routledge, 2009).

Mass media and political transition

Jones's research at the Master's and Ph.D. levels focused on mass media and processes of democratization and political transition. His study of the transformations at the Sandinista newspaper Barricada in Nicaragua was published as Beyond the Barricades: Nicaragua and the Struggle for the Sandinista Press, 1979-1998 (Vanderbilt University Press, 2002), and his doctoral dissertation as The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan, and Russia (Deutsches Übersee-Institut, 2002).

Travel and photojournalism

Jones has lived or travelled in nearly seventy countries on every populated continent. Much of his travel photography and photojournalism is available under a Creative Commons license on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons. His first book of travel photography, Latin American Portraits, appeared with The Key Publishing House Inc. in 2008.

Books by Adam Jones

  • Jones, Adam (2010). Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 041548619X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam (2010). New Directions in Genocide Research. Routledge. ISBN 0415495974. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2009). Evoking Genocide: Scholars and Activists Describe the Works That Shaped Their Lives. The Key Publishing House Inc. ISBN 9780978252694. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2009). Genocides by the Oppressed: Subaltern Genocide in Theory and Practice. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253353092. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam (2009). Gender Inclusive: Essays on Violence, Men, and Feminist International Relations. Routledge Publishers. ISBN 9780415775137. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2008). Genocide (4 volumes). Sage Publishers. ISBN 9781847870223. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam (2008). Crimes Against Humanity: A Beginner's Guide. OneWorld Publications. ISBN 9781851686018. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam (2008). Latin American Portraits (travel photography). The Key Publishing House Inc. ISBN 9780978252632. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam (2006). Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction. Routledge Publishers. ISBN 041535384X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2005). Kal Holsti: Ensayos Escogidos (Kal Holsti: Selected Essays). CIDE. ISBN 687420162. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Check |isbn= value: length (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2004). Men of the Global South: A Reader. Zed Books. ISBN 1842775138. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2004). Gendercide and Genocide. Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 0826514456. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam, ed. (2004). Genocide, War Crimes & the West: History and Complicity. Zed Books. ISBN 1842771914. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Jones, Adam (2002). Beyond the Barricades: Nicaragua and the Struggle for the Sandinista Press, 1979-1998. Ohio University Press. ISBN 089680223X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jones, Adam (2002). The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan, and Russia. Deutsches Übersee-Institut. ISBN 3926953535. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

References

  1. ^ http://www.routledge.co.uk/books/Fifty-Key-Thinkers-in-Holocaust--Genocide-Studies-isbn9780415775519 Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide, edited by Paul Bartrop and Steven L. Jacobs (Routledge, forthcoming 2010)
  2. ^ Adam Jones, ed., Evoking Genocide: Scholars and Activists Describe the Works That Shaped Their Lives (The Key Publishing House Inc., 2009)
  3. ^ Adam Jones, "Genocide and Structural Violence: Charting the Terrain," in Jones, ed., New Directions in Genocide Research (Routledge, forthcoming 2010).
  4. ^ Nicholas A. Robins and Adam Jones, eds., Genocides by the Oppressed: Subaltern Genocide in Theory and Practice (Indiana University Press, 2009).
  5. ^ "Gendering Jones", by T. Carver, M. Cochran, and J. Squires, Review of International Studies 24 (1998), pp. 283-297
  6. ^ "Beyond 'Gendercide': Incorporating Gender into Comparative Genocide Studies", by R. Charli Carpenter, International Journal of Human Rights 6 (2002), pp. 77-101
  7. ^ International Relations and the Challenge of Postmodernism: Defending the Discipline, by Darryl S.L. Jarvis (University of South Carolina Press, 2000), pp. 130, 160, 170, 172, 234n.
  8. ^ International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction, by Cynthia Weber (Routledge, 2005), pp. 82-99
  9. ^ Gendercide and Genocide, reviewed by Maureen Hiebert, H-Genocide, 2005

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