Conflict and Democracy Studies CDSn4001: Conflict Analysis Fall 2021 CONCEPTS FOR FINAL EXAM STUDY • Conflict • Structural conflict vs actor conflict • Rationality • Rationalism/rational choice theory • Classical realism • Structural realism/neorealism • Constructivism • Positive vs negative peace • Structural violence • International anarchy • Hegemon • Balance of power theory • Defensive vs offensive realism • Hegemonic stability theory • Levels of analysis • Status quo vs revisionist states • Security dilemma • Preventive vs preemptive war • Bounded rationality • Cognitive bias • Democratic peace theory • Primordialism vs modernism • Civil war • Greed vs grievance • Ethnic conflict • Myth-symbol complex • Militarism • Nationalism • Offense-defense balance • Asymmetric conflict • Role of technology in conflict • Role of geography in conflict • Elite-predation model • Economic endowments • Social endowments • Activist vs opportunistic rebellion • Information starvation • Guerilla warfare • Insurgency • Peacebuilding • Peacekeeping • Peace enforcement • Peace settlement • Peacemaking • Credible-commitment theory • Stalemate