1. www.gu.se MASTER IN GLOBAL STUDIES IK2231 Theories and Perspectives in Conflict Resolution Module responsible lecturer: Michael Schulz (michael.schulz@globalstudies.gu.se) Spring Semester 2011

2. www.gu.se MASTER IN GLOBAL STUDIES IK2231 Theories and Perspectives in Conflict Resolution 1.Intended learning outcomes After completion of the module the student shall be able to:  present the various schools of thoughts related to conflict and causes of conflict 2) conduct an analysis of one particular international conflict  present the various schools of thoughts within conflict resolution theories discuss the strength and weaknesses of various traditional as well as alternative methods applied within the field of conflict resolution Spring Semester 2011

3. www.gu.se MASTER IN GLOBAL STUDIES IK2231 Theories and Perspectives in Conflict Resolution Examination and grading principles The intended learning outcomes will be assessed through a number of examinations conducted in groups and individually, written and oral. Each student will do the following examinations that consists of six parts (weight for final grade in brackets): 1. The basic concept examination (written). 2. An assignment that runs parallel to lectures and seminars (oral). 3. Three (3) individually written papers. 4. Active participation in teacher free seminars (oral). 5. Active participation in exercises. 6. A take home exam at the end of the course (written).

4. www.gu.se Table of contents PART I: Approaches to peace PART II: Constructing the Liberal Peace PART III: Reflecting on the Concept of Peace

5. www.gu.se Table of contents PART I: WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN EVIL? The nature of Extraordinary evil Killers of conviction: groups, ideology, and extraordinary evil The ‘Mad Nazi’: psychopathology, personality, and extraordinary evil The dead end of demonization PART II: BEYOND DEMONIZATION: HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE COMMIT EXTRAORDINAY EVIL A model of extraordinary human evil What is the nature of human nature? Our ancestral shadow Who are the killers? Identitites of the perpetrators What is the immediate social context? A culture of cruelty Who is the ‘other’? Social death of the victims PART III: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Conclusion: can we be delivered from extraordinary evil?

6. www.gu.se Table of contents Introduction 1. The Just War: The Origins of humaniatrian intervention 2. The Scourage of War: Humanitarian interventiojn and the prohibition of the use of force in the UN Charter 3. ‘You the People’: unilateral intervention to promote democracy 4. The new interventionism: Threaths to international peace and security and Security Council actions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter 5. Passing the Baton: The delegation of Security Council enforcement powers from Kuwait to Kosovo 6. Just War or Just Peace? Humanitarian intervention, inhuman itarian non-intervention, and other peace strategies

7. www.gu.se Table of contents I State, Statebuilding and State Collapse II Anatomies of Failure and Collapse III Relief and Reconstruction

8. www.gu.se Table of contents 1. Restoring and Maintaining Peace: What we know so far 2. Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina 3. Sierra Leonne 4. Democratic Republic of Congo 5. Kosovo 6. East Timor 7. Afghanistan 8. Are we learning yet? The Löong Road to Applying best practices

9. www.gu.se Welcome to the Berghof Handbook! The Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation is a comprehensive and cumulative website resource that provides continually updated cutting-edge knowledge, experience and lessons learned for those working in the field of transforming violent ethnopolitical conflict. The Handbook is published by the Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management based in Berlin, Germany. The website content comes from two central resources: 1) commissioned Articles by leading experts from current practice and scholarship; and 2) a Dialogue Series on key issues, in which practitioners and scholars critically engage with and debate one another in light of their varying experiences. The Berghof Handbook highlights established practices and strategies, key concepts, and difficult issues and challenges. Rather than presenting a collection of ready-made recipes or tools, its goal is to put examples of good practice into a useful conceptual framework in order to understand more clearly their functions, strengths and weaknesses. Forthcoming......, among other contributions, is the Berghof Handbook Dialogue No. 6 on Systemic Approaches and an article on Human Rights and Conflict Transformation. Keep watching this space!

10. www.gu.se Prevention Conflict Prevention Activities and Operations (e.g. Diplomacy) Conflict Prevention Activities and Operations (e.g. Diplomacy) Start of Armed Conflict Formal Cessation of Armed Conflict Threshold of Armed Conflict Mitigation Humanitarian and “Peace Making” Operations Humanitarian Termination PeacekeepingOperationsPeacekeepingOperations Recovery Peace Building Operations Operations PeaceEnforcementOperationsPeaceEnforcementOperations Conflict Cycle International Response Peace Operations Armed Conflict Armed Conflict Escalation Post- Ceasefire Post- Ceasefire Threshold of Sustainable Peace Peace Peace Accord DDR

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