CRITICAL PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

PSIR631

Course Code: PSIR631
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Cihan Dizdaroğlu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

have knowledge about the main concepts in peace and conflict studies;
learn both the traditional and critical theories main assumptions and discussions on peace and conflict;
learn the evolution of the peace and conflict studies in time, and get knowlege regarding the contemporary debates within the critical peace and conflict studies;
have capability to analyse different case studies through the new and critical approaches toward peace

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the field of Critical Peace and Conflict Studies. This course provides students a detailed review of traditional and critical theories assumptions and debates on peace and conflict. The course also focuses on describing main concepts of peace and conflict studies as well as contemporary debates (everyday peace, youth and gender dimensions) within the critical peace and conflict studies. The course also provides case studies to investigate throught the approaches provided by the critical peace and conflict studies.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Course Introduction
2^nd Week	Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
3^rd Week	Defining the Main Concepts of Peace and Conflict
4^th Week	Perspectives on Peace and Conflict in IR Theory I: Liberals vs Realists
5^th Week	Perspectives on Peace and Conflict in IR Theory II: Marxist Agenda and Beyond
6^th Week	Perspectives on Peace and Conflict in IR Theory III: Crititical Contributions
7^th Week	Three Generations of Debates for Ending Conflicts
8^th Week	Peacebuilding I
9^th Week	Peacebuilding II
10^th Week	Everyday Peace
11^th Week	Gender, Peace and Conflict
12^th Week	Youth, Peace and Conflict
13^th Week	Case Study I
14^th Week	Case Study II

Recommended or Required Reading

Required Readings
Bercovitch, J. and Jackson, R. (eds.) Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century: Principles, Methods and Approaches. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press

Richmond, O. P. (ed.) Peace in International Relations. London and New York: Routledge.

Alpaslan Özerdem ve Roger MacGinty (2019) Comparing Peace Processes, London: Routledge.

Ayşe Betül Çelik () Dünyada ve Türkiy'de Barış Süreçleri, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

McEvoy-Levy, S. (2001) "Youth as Social and Political Agents: Issues in Post-Settlement Peace Building," Kroc Institute Occasional Paper 1, pp. 1-40.

Mac Ginty, R. (2014) "Everyday Peace: Bottom-up and Local Agency in Conflict-affected Societies," Security Dialogue, 45(6), pp. 548-564.

Mac Ginty, R. and Firchow, P. (2016) "Top-down and Bottom-up Narratives of Peace and Conflict," Politics, 36(3), pp. 308-323.

Altiok, A. et al. (2020) "Youth, peace, and security," in Hampson, F. O., Özerdem, A. and Kent, J. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development. London: Routledge, pp. 428-443.

Mac Ginty, R. & Richmond, O. P. (2013) "The Local Turn in Peace Building: A Critical Agenda for Peace," Third World Quarterly, 34:5, pp. 763-783.

Demetriou, O. and Hadjipavlou, M. (2018) "The Impact of Women's Activism on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus,"Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 24(1), pp. 50-65.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	4	60
Attendance	1	20
Presentation of Case Study	1	20
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	5	70
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	4	50	200
Total Work Load			312
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.4
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X
K2	X	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5		X	X	X
K6
K7
K8
K9	X		X	X
K10	X	X
K11	X	X	X
K12
K13