This module examines the interplay between the legacies of conflict and post-conflict state building. Specifically, it focuses on how conflict, violence, third-party intervention, and domestic reforms influence post-conflict state-building, its outcomes and broader peace-building processes.
The topics covered in this module include (but are not limited to): conflict termination and resolution, United Nations peacekeeping, post-conflict elections and election monitoring, constitution building, democratization, security sector reforms, transitional justice, and gender equality.
The aims of this module are:
1. Analyze the interplay between the legacies of conflict and post-conflict state building.
2. Familiarize students with rigorous, empirically grounded research on post-conflict state building
In this module students will learn to:
1. Apply theoretical frameworks to understand state building processes in some of the most conflict prone and unstable areas of the world
2. Identify the challenges to post-conflict state building and assess relevant policy responses
By the end of the course you should be able to:
1. Understand the obstacles to political development and state building in post-conflict societies.
2. Understand the significance of key concepts in conflict resolution studies and their relevance for the analysis of state building.
3. Link theory and evidence in the study of peacekeeping and peacebuilding
4. Apply theoretical frameworks to understand the dynamics of specific conflict and post-conflict states
5. Identify, describe, and critically evaluate solutions to prevent, mitigate and manage civil wars.
- Module Supervisor: Sara Polo