MVZ012 Causes of Political Violence

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2015
Rozsah
2/0/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Prof. Håvard Hegre (přednášející), Mgr. Zinaida Bechná, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Prof. Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (přednášející), Mgr. Zinaida Bechná, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, 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
Po 9. 3. 15:15–16:45 P22, Út 10. 3. 9:45–11:15 P52, St 11. 3. 13:30–15:00 U23, Čt 12. 3. 9:45–13:00 U42, Pá 13. 3. 8:00–9:30 U53
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The objective of this course is to make the student familiar with theoretical as well as empirical research on causes of internal political violence. A secondary objective is to provide practical training in systematic search for literature and data and in conducting independent empirical study.
Osnova
  • 1. Conflict: Types and Trends. This lecture will introduce the students to the central issue and problems connected to how one defines and measures conflict. It will address the question whether the world is getting more peaceful. 2. Ethnicity, Cleavages and Conflict. This section will introduce students to central issues concerning the link between economic inequality and ethnic cleavages and conflict. We will discuss the Greed vs. Grievance debate, and look at under what circumstances ethnic, economic, and /or political grievances can lead to armed conflict. We also discuss the role of ethnicity and societal cleavages in mobilization and recruitment to armed conflict. 3. Institutional Design, Quality and Conflict. This lecture will cover specific institutional design-features, the quality of institutions and their effect on civil conflict. The lecture will focus on particular two aspects: first, we will discuss the relationship between types of regime, democracy, autocracy, semi-democracy, and risk of conflict.Second, we will look more specifically at institutional features, in particular power-sharing and different aspects of governance, and how this relates to confict. 4. Development and Conflict. This section will introduce students to central issues concerning the link between development and conflict, through readings of some of the most important contributions to this argument. We will discuss the Greed vs. Grievance debate, address the importance of state capacity, and also look at the developmental consequences of conflict. 5. Forecasting Conflict. We will discuss the extent to which, based on theories above, we can predict or forecast conflict into the future. This is based on the fundamental tenet of philosophy of science that sound theories should have some predictive power. We will discuss some prominent attempts at forecasting armed conflict, and also discuss forecasting more in general. 6. Non-Violent Conflict. This section will introduce students to recent theoretical and empirical work on non-violent conflict, discuss why some groups choose a violent strategy and others a non-violent strategy, and discuss when and under what circumstances groups utilizing a non-violent strategy are more likely to be successful in achieving their aims.
Výukové metody
Lectures
Metody hodnocení
This is an intensive course so we expect everybody to meet prepared for every class, and to have done (most of) the readings. 1. Pick a conflict you're interested in and utilize two of the theories from the course to attempt to explain why the con ict occurred. In this we want you to compare the two theories and discuss what they get right and what they got wrong. The core questions is, can this theory explain this conict? 2. Alternatively you can pick one theory and use it to explain a (one) conflict.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
havnyg@prio.org Hhegre@prio.no
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