PEACE STUDIES

PSIR564

Course Code: PSIR564
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Cihan Dizdaroğlu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Acquire knowledge on different theories of war and peace;
Learn basic distinctions between negative and positive conceptualizations of peace and relate these conceptualizations to realpolitik.
Develop a critical stance toward mainstream approaches to security;
Acquire necessary theoretical knowledge to link global dynamics with the rise of peace studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

In this course, the fundamental assumptions, conceptualizations and policy suggestions of the Peace Studies literature which have been developing in the discipline of International Relations since 1960s will be elaborated. Within the scope of the course, firstly, the theoretical foundations of Peace Studies, the international context in which these foundations have emerged and the problems of realpolitik will be focused. Later, the contributions made to the conceptualizations of war, peace and security that concretized in the Peace Studies literature will be studied.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Course Introduction and General Introduction to the Course
2^nd Week	Classical Theories of War and Peace
3^rd Week	Mainstream Approaches to Peace and Conflict Resolution
4^th Week	Critical Theories against Mainstream War and Security Narratives
5^th Week	Structural Violence and Peace: Meanings, Theoretical Perspectives, Actors
6^th Week	Peace and Global Justice I
7^th Week	Peace and Global Justice II
8^th Week	Peace and International Political Economy
9^th Week	Peace and Gender
10^th Week	Peace Activism - National and International Examples - 1
11^th Week	Peace Activism - National and International Examples -- 2
12^th Week	Peace and Constructive Intervention - Nation-States and Global Society
13^th Week	Presentations
14^th Week	General Overview

Recommended or Required Reading

David P. Barash and Charles P. Webel, Peace and Conflict Studies, Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage, 2002.
Kit R. Christensen, Nonviolence, Peace and Justice: A Philosophical Introduction, Broadview Press, 2009.
Charles Webel and Johan Galtung, Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies, Routledge, 2007.
David Cortright, Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Gene Sharp (et.al), Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential, Porter Sargent Publ., 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	3	30
Project	1	30
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
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	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	50	50
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	3	40	120
Project	1	40	40
Total Work Load			311
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.36
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X		X	X
K2
K3
K4		X		X
K5				X
K6				X
K7				X
K8	X		X