Peace Processes & Post-Conflict Recons (996M9)
Peace Processes and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Module 996M9
Module details for 2009/10.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
The aim of this course is to analyse contemporary structures of peace and peacemaking within their appropriate historical, social, economic and political contexts. The first part of the course will focus on peace. Here we will explore contending understandings and definitions of 'peace'; examine quantitative and qualitative evidence about patterns of, and the changing natrue of, war and peace; and consider contending liberal, realist, Marxist and other theoretical accounts of these transformations. The second part of the course will focus on peace-making, that is, on the transition from war to peace. Here we will examine historical transformations in peace-making practices (exploring cases from the Congress of Vienna to present-day peace processes); analyse contemporary peace processes (focusing especially on cases from the Middle East, South Asia and Europe); and critically engage with contemporary peace-making orthodoxies, institutions and practices (including conflict resolution practices, and liberal functionalist models of the relationship between regional integration and peace). Through so doing, this second part of the course will pose questions such as: What accounts for the relative success of some peace processes, and the failure of others? Do social and economic liberalisation, or globalisation, tend to promote peacemaking? And why is the recent record of peace processes so poor? The course will provide both an introduction to the study of peace and peacemaking, and fresh insights on contempory international relations and the global political economy.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Short Term Paper (5000 words) | Summer Term Week 1 Mon 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Term | Seminar | 2 hours | 011111111100 |
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