PL30897: Comparative peace processes
[Page last updated: 26 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
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Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
* assess the nature of conflict in selected deeply divided polities; * comprehend the means by which such conflicts have been addressed; * evaluate the success or failure of peace processes in the localities studied; * assess the most appropriate political tools for the management or resolution of conflict; * evaluate key aspects of peace-building and societal reconstruction, including those of ethnic and gender equality. |
| Aims: | This unit is to provide students with a theoretical and empirical understanding of the evolution of peace building in ethno-national and ethno-religious conflict. Students will engage with key debates concerning international intervention and post-conflict reconstruction. The unit will examine and critically engage with models of conflict management or resolution, with particular references to political problem solving via consociational power sharing or integrationist approaches. Alternative political models for conflict management, such as secession, partition, confederalism and devolution will also be explored. The unit will also engage with the debates concerning role of gender in conflict and peace building as well as exploring key issues surrounding post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation. As well as drawing on academic and policy literature, this unit will make extensive use of case studies in the Middle East and Europe. |
| Skills: | Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit. |
| Content: | This unit will focus on theoretical assumptions about peace building, examining how peace processes are developed in deeply divided societies. It will include several case studies including peace processes in the Middle East (Israel/Palestine, Lebanon) and Europe (Basque, Northern Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina). |
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PL30897 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Economics
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