Adam Jones

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, which was published 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 Nart Villeneuve, 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 0-415-48619-X. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2010). New Directions in Genocide Research. Routledge. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-415-49597-4|0-415-49597-4]]. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2009). Evoking Genocide: Scholars and Activists Describe the Works That Shaped Their Lives. The Key Publishing House Inc. ISBN 978-0-9782526-9-4. 
• Jones, Adam, ed.; Nicholas A. Robins (2009). Genocides by the Oppressed: Subaltern Genocide in Theory and Practice. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35309-2. 
• Jones, Adam (2009). Gender Inclusive: Essays on Violence, Men, and Feminist International Relations. Routledge Publishers. ISBN 978-0-415-77513-7. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2008). Genocide (4 volumes). Sage Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84787-022-3. 
• Jones, Adam (2008). Crimes Against Humanity: A Beginner's Guide. OneWorld Publications. ISBN 978-1-85168-601-8. 
• Jones, Adam (2008). Latin American Portraits (travel photography). The Key Publishing House Inc.. ISBN 978-0-9782526-3-2. 
• Jones, Adam (2006). Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction. Routledge Publishers. ISBN 0-415-35384-X. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2005). Kal Holsti: Ensayos Escogidos (Kal Holsti: Selected Essays). CIDE. ISBN 687420162. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2004). Men of the Global South: A Reader. Zed Books. ISBN 1-84277-513-8. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2004). Gendercide and Genocide. Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 0-8265-1445-6. 
• Jones, Adam, ed. (2004). Genocide, War Crimes & the West: History and Complicity. Zed Books. ISBN 1-84277-191-4. 
• Jones, Adam (2002). Beyond the Barricades: Nicaragua and the Struggle for the Sandinista Press, 1979-1998. Ohio University Press. ISBN 0-89680-223-X. 
• Jones, Adam (2002). The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan, and Russia. Deutsches Übersee-Institut. ISBN 3-926953-53-5. 

References

External links

• Adam Jones - Homepage (adamjones.freeservers.com)
• Gendercide Watch (www.gendercide.org)
• Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction (www.genocidetext.net)
• Crimes Against Humanity: A Beginner's Guide (www.crimesagainsthumanity.ca)
• Evoking Genocide (www.evokinggenocide.org)
• Adam Jones - Photography & Photojournalism on Flickr