CONFLICT RESOLUTION

POLI459

Course Code: POLI459
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Haluk Karadağ

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

learn why conflicts occur.
learn how to prevent conflicts.
learn conflict resolution methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

This course introduces the interdisciplinary study of conflict analysis and resolution. We will examine how and why conflict occurs in human society, and what we can do to mitigate its destructive aspects. The course includes an overview of the field including the central approaches to analyzing conflict, an extended case study of a conflict, an examination of several forms of intervention, and finally a consideration of new directions in conflict studies. We will highlight the societal, structural, and cultural factors that play a part in conflict and its resolution. At the end of the course, you should be able to analyze a conflict, to appreciate the contextual factors that influence conflict, to know the major conflict resolution techniques, and to understand the complexities of the most pressing contemporary conflicts.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction
2^nd Week	What is Conflict?
3^rd Week	Roots of Conflict I
4^th Week	Strategies and Types of Conflict
5^th Week	Roots of Conflict II
6^th Week	Conflict Strategies and Tactics and Conflict Analysis- Mapping out of the COnflicts; Interpersonal Conflicts
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Conflict Analysis: Mapping out the Conflicts; International Conflicts
9^th Week	Conflict Process: Rise
10^th Week	Conflict Process: Rise and Fall
11^th Week	Conflict Resolution: Mediation
12^th Week	Conflict Resolution: Negotiation, Resolution and Management of Conflict
13^th Week	Transformation of Conflict: Third Party Intervention, Peacebuilding
14^th Week	Conflict Resolution after 9/11

Recommended or Required Reading

Rubin, Pruitt and Kim. 1994. Social Conflict: Escalation, Stalemate, and Settlement, New York: McGraw and Hill Inc.
Jeong, Ho-Won. Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Hants, UK, 2000. 'Concepts of Peace and Violence', 19-30.
Burton, John, "Conflict Resolution: Towards Problem Solving", Peace and Conflict Studies, 4:2, December 1997, http://www.gmu.edu/academics/pcs/burton.html
Smith, D. (2005) Trends and Causes of Armed Conflict in Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation http://www.berghof-handbook.net/articles/smith_handbook.pdf
Sandole, Dennis J.D., 1993. "Paradigm, theories, and metaphors in conflict and Conflict Resolution", in Dennis J.D. and Hugo van der Merwe eds., Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice: Integration and Application, Manchester University Press, New York, 1993. 3-24.
Wehr's and Hocker and Wilmot Conflict Map-http://spot.colorado.edu/~wehr/40GD1.HTM
Sandole, Dennis. "A Compherensive Mapping of Conflict and Conflict Resolution: A Three Pillar Approach", Peace and Conflict Studies, http://www.gmu.edu/academic/pcs/sandole.htm
Ozcelik, Sezai. The Cyprus Conflict And Psychoanalytical Analysis: Psychological, Historical And Political Barriers
Dougherty, James E. and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Contending Theories of International Relations, 261-293 (ch.7).
Schellenberg, James A. Conflict Resolution: Theory, Research, and Practice, State University of New York Press, 'Negotiation Bargaining', 135-154.
Fisher, Ronald J. 1997, Interactive Conflict Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 'A Contingency Approach to Third Party Intervention', 163-184.
Fisher, R. (2005). Methods of Third Party Intervention in Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation http://www.berghof-handbook.net/uploads/download/fisher_hb.pdf
Hawk, Gary W. 'Transcending Transgression: Forgiveness and Reconciliation", in Wilmot, William and Joyce Hocker, Interpersonal Conflict, 6th ed., , McGraw Hill, NY, 2001. 293-317.
Clements, Kevin (2005). Towards Conflict Transformation and a Just Peace,
http://www.berghof-handbook.net/uploads/download/clements_handbook.pdf
Miall, Hugh, Conflict Transformation: A Multi-Dimensional Task (2004). In Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation
http://www.berghof-handbook.net/uploads/download/miall_handbook.pdf

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	1	15
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	40	40
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	30	30
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	8	8
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2
K3		X	X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9	X	X
K10	X	X
K11	X	X	X
K12	X	X	X
K13