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Course description

This course provides the foundation for future study in Peace and Conflict Studies. Students will gain an understanding of the key concepts, theories, and contemporary issues in the field of peace and conflict studies. This will enable students to fathom and negotiate solutions to global conflict, to reconstruct war-torn societies and to manage peace. The course focuses on the causes of war and violence, ethnic conflict and genocide. It furthermore engages with mechanisms to manage and resolve protracted conflict and human suffering, non-violent resistance, peace operations, and the role of today's global media in conflict and peace. Each major theme of the course is taught through extensive case studies including the Rwandan genocide, ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, non-violent movements, humanitarian organisations, peacekeeping operations, and emergency responses to humanitarian disasters.

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