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Cursus: CS2V14001
CS2V14001
Conflict Analysis
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CursuscodeCS2V14001
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
Learning outcomes: after completing the course, students will have:
- Knowledge of theoretical approaches to analyse contemporary violent conflict.
- Capacity to apply abstract theoretical ideas and concepts to selected case studies of contemporary violent conflict. The ability to engage in a dialogue between theory and evidence.
- Basic knowledge of a case study approach as a research method.
- Capacity to conduct a case study of a violent conflict. You will become better conflict analysts.
- Capacity to give oral presentations for a disciplinary mixed and international audience. 
 
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Please note! For this minor and its courses a restricted number of places are available.
Enrollment takes place through a Selection Committee, which means you can only register for both the course and the minorprogramme within the first week of the course registration period. The Selection Committee decides whether or not you can enroll. More information about registration can be found here

This course introduces students into the study of contemporary violent conflict. These conflicts are generally very difficult to resolve, and have a strong influence in shaping society. These conflicts have variously been referred to as “new wars,” “civil wars,“ “ethnic conflicts,” “complex political emergencies,” “insurgency,” or “terrorism.” Rather than choosing for one of these labels, this course aims to expose students to a variety of theoretical approaches, each one using different a term for, and focusing on different analytical aspects of, the phenomena studied.

The course offers an introduction to issues, theories, and concepts pertaining to the analysis, explanation, and understanding of contemporary violent conflict. It introduces students to conflict analytical models and theories and applies the in-depth case study approach as teaching method. We will address debates on root causes, conflict dynamics, the (often contested)  efforts of conflict resolution, interventionism and resulting situations of ‘war nor peace’.  We will draw on debates on group formation, human needs, the role of the state, rebel governance, external interventions and alliances, built-in dynamics of (de)escalation and  the formation of war economies. Students are trained in making multi-level conflict analyses, dynamic life cycle analyses, and conflict mapping techniques
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