MVZ241 Democracy, the state and conflict in Africa

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2018
Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Prof. Dr. Siegmar Schmidt (přednášející), prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Mgr. Jana Urbanovská, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Garance
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Čt 5. 4. 9:45–11:15 U23, Pá 6. 4. 9:45–11:15 P22, So 7. 4. 9:45–11:15 U42, Po 9. 4. 13:30–15:00 U34, Út 10. 4. 8:00–9:30 U32
Předpoklady
Students should be able to follow English presentation and read English materials.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/30
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
To understand the relation between democracy, state and conflicts in Africa.
Osnova
  • Lecture series May 16- May 20, 2016 at the Masaryk University, Brno 1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Historical legacies from Colonialism and the post-colonial independence Iliffe, John, 1995: Africans. The history of a continent, Cambridge, chapter 9: Colonial invasion, pp. 187-211 (+303-305 footnotes) Thomson, Alex, 2010: An introduction to African politics, London and New York, 3rd ed. pp. 1-31 2. Democratization in Africa: From authoritarian rule to a continent of “defective democracies”? Walle, Nicolas van de, 2002: Africa´s range of regimes, in: Journal of Democracy, Vol. 13, pp. 66-80 Erdmann, Gero, 2003: Apocalyptic triad: state failure, state disintegration and state collapse: structural problems of democracy in Africa, in: Z Vgl Polit Wiss (2014) 8: 215–236 3. A “Curse of Resources”? The significance of Governance Collier, Paul, 2000: Doing Well out of War: An Economic Perspective, in: Mats Berdal/David M. Malone (eds.), 2000: Greed & grievance: economic agendas in civil wars, pp. 91-111 Basedau, Matthias/Wolfram Lacher, 2006: A Paradox of Plenty? Rent Distribution and Political Stability in Oil States, GIGA Research Program: Dynamics of Violence and Security Cooperation, (http://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/wp21_basedau-lacher.pdf) 4. “Things fall apart again”? State collapse in Africa: causes and consequences (with reference to the DR Congo) Rotberg, Robert I., 2003: State failure and state weakness in a time of terror, Washington, Brookings, pp. 1-23 Riddell, Barry, 1992: Things Fall Apart Again: Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, in: The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Mar., 1992), pp. 53-68 Reno, William, 2006: Congo: From State Collapse to 'Absolutism', to State Failure, in: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, no. 1, From Nation-Building to State-Building (2006), pp. 43-56 5. The African Union (AU) – an African response to Africa’s problems African Union: The CONSTITUTIVE ACT OF THE AFRICAN UNION, 2002 Mwanasali, Musifiky, 2008: From Non-Interference to non-indifference: The emerging doctrine of conflict prevention, in: Akokpari, John et al. (eds.): The African Union and its institutions, Auckland Park, pp.41-63 Murithi, Tim, 2007: Institutionalizing Pan-Africanism Transforming African Union values and principles into policy and practice, Pretoria, (ISS paper 143), 16pp.
Literatura
  • ILIFFE, John. Afrika a Afričané : dějiny kontinentu. Edited by Luboš Kropáček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001, 375 s. ISBN 8070214686. info
Výukové metody
Presentations, readings.
Metody hodnocení
Written test based on the presentations and literature. Attendance 80%.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
The course will take part daily from May 16 till May 20. The test will be written on May 23. Literature Iliffe, John, 1995: Africans. The history of a continent, Cambridge, chapter 9: Colonial invasion, pp. 187-211 (+303-305 footnotes) Thomson, Alex, 2010: An introduction to African politics, London and New York, 3rd ed. pp. 1-31 Walle, Nicolas van de, 2002: Africa´s range of regimes, in: Journal of Democracy, Vol. 13, pp. 66-80 Erdmann, Gero, 2003: Apocalyptic triad: state failure, state disintegration and state collapse: structural problems of democracy in Africa, in: Z Vgl Polit Wiss (2014) 8: 215–236 Collier, Paul, 2000: Doing Well out of War: An Economic Perspective, in: Mats Berdal/David M. Malone (eds.), 2000: Greed & grievance: economic agendas in civil wars, pp. 91-111 Basedau, Matthias/Wolfram Lacher, 2006: A Paradox of Plenty? Rent Distribution and Political Stability in Oil States, GIGA Research Program: Dynamics of Violence and Security Cooperation, (http://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/wp21_basedau-lacher.pdf) Rotberg, Robert I., 2003: State failure and state weakness in a time of terror, Washington, Brookings, pp. 1-23 Riddell, Barry, 1992: Things Fall Apart Again: Structural Adjustment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, in: The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Mar., 1992), pp. 53-68 Reno, William, 2006: Congo: From State Collapse to 'Absolutism', to State Failure, in: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, no. 1, From Nation-Building to State-Building (2006), pp. 43-56 Mwanasali, Musifiky, 2008: From Non-Interference to non-indifference: The emerging doctrine of conflict prevention, in: Akokpari, John et al. (eds.): The African Union and its institutions, Auckland Park, pp.41-63 Murithi, Tim, 2007: Institutionalizing Pan-Africanism Transforming African Union values and principles into policy and practice, Pretoria, (ISS paper 143), 16pp.
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April 5 - 7/ Exam April 9.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2015, jaro 2016, jaro 2019, jaro 2020.