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Cursus: GKMV16020
GKMV16020
Theories of Violent Conflict
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeGKMV16020
Studiepunten (EC)5
Cursusdoelen
This course will survey and critically examine theoretical approaches to the causes and conditions of contemporary violent conflict. The main purpose of the course is to present and critique various theoretical approaches to conflict; to evaluate the usefulness of these approaches by applying them to specific cases; and to encourage and assist students to develop a multi-disciplinary analytical framework.
 
In addition, the course aims:
•          to improve your ability to distinguish the epistemological and ontological stances underlying approaches of contemporary conflict in, for instance, the media, policy reports and academic research;
•          to increase your ability to recognize, define, deploy, connect, critique and construct abstract knowledge about social life (theory), in particular on violent conflict;
•          to help you to develop your own voice and find your own position in the ongoing conversation on violent conflict among social scientists. 
Inhoud
This course aims to provide you with an multi-disciplinary and multi-level theoretical vocabulary on how and why (groups of) people resort to violent action against other (groups of) combatants, civilians, organisations or the state. It equips you with the theoretical literacy and analytical capacity to synergize theoretical perspectives in the understanding and explanation of violent conflict. 
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