IREb2002 Peace economics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Chovančík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Chovančík, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 P24a
Prerequisites
! IRE202 Peace economics && !NOW( IRE202 Peace economics ) && ! MVZb2007 Peace economics && !NOW( MVZb2007 Peace economics )
The course provides students with an overview of how economic instruments may be utilized for the promotion of peace. Starting at economic diplomacy, the focus of the course is narrowed down to economic incentives and punishments utilized to foster, build, or coerce peaceful resolutions of disputes and crises. The course represents coercive solutions as a continuum in which diplomacy sits at one end, and military force on the other. Within this continuum the course builds comprehension of the middle ground, where economic instruments are capable of supplementing both sides of the spectrum, and offers students a much deeper understanding of leverage and incentive utilization in international relations. Students will be able to actively participate in the presentations and discussions of key learning cases.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 13/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will enable students to: - identify an often neglected interaction platform in crisis situations - distinguish among the array of instruments applicable by both nation states and IOs - understand the fundamental principles governing economic statecraft in peace promotion - critically assess relations between countries/IOs and target countries based on more than diplomatic relations and military cooperation or conflict
Learning outcomes
- Comprehend the context of interaction between economy and peace - Understand the theoretical notions governing principal approaches - Discern the uses and pitfalls of various economic instruments in supporting, diluting, or enforcing peace - Distinguish between various roles played by international organizations
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Peace – stable, negative, positive, and otherwise
  • 3. Conflict economics
  • 4. The conflict-development nexus
  • 5. Global and regional economic actors
  • 6. Structural and direct prevention
  • 7. Development and humanitarian aid
  • 8. Economic leverage in negotiation
  • 9. Economic coercion
  • 10. Sanctions
  • 11. The global arms trade
  • 12. Peacebuilding economics
  • 13. Post-conflict reconstruction
Literature
  • Smart security council? :analyzing the effectiveness of targeted sanctions. Edited by Gordon Friedrichs. 1 online r. ISBN 9783954895212. info
  • Pomerantz PR. Foreign Aid : Policy and Practice. Abingdon Oxon: Routledge; 2024. doi:10.4324/9781003265320
  • Targeted sanctions : the impact and effectiveness of United nations action. Edited by Thomas J. Biersteker - Sue E. Eckert - Marcos Tourinho. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2016, xv, 405. ISBN 9781107593091. info
  • BRAUER, Jurgen and J. Paul DUNNE. Peace economics : a macroeconomic primer for violence-afflicted states. First published. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2012, xvi, 155. ISBN 9781601271389. info
  • Frontiers of peace economics and peace science. Edited by Manas Chatterji - Chen Bo - Rameshwar Misra. 1st ed. Bingley, U.K.: Emerald, 2011, xi, 214 p. ISBN 9780857247025. info
  • Handbook on the economics of conflict. Edited by Derek Braddon - Keith Hartley. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011, ix, 518. ISBN 9780857930934. info
  • ERIKSSON, Mikael. Understanding United Nations and European Union targeted sanctions. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011, 296 p. ISBN 9781409419327. URL info
Teaching methods
The course is taught as lectures, supported by slides, and seminars. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the seminars by posing questions of clarification or bringing up problems for discussion. Students are expected to read the required reading(s) for each seminar that serve to broaden and deepen the spectrum of knowledge students acquire during lectures. Short presentations serve to improve the ability of students to work with and present data on a given topic and to improve presentation skills.
Assessment methods
Each requirement is mandatory, each graded, exam counts twice Case papers A-F, F=rewrite, necessary to be able to join exam, feedback in notebook Non-submission = X Exam Open questions, counts twice, in notebook (you may fail twice)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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