Postgraduate Module Descriptor


POLM217: Conflict, Security and Development in Eurasia

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level7
Credits30 ECTS Value15
Term(s) and duration

This module will run during term 1 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Mary Keogh ()

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module builds on general disciplinary learning with a focus on issues and cases in a distinct geographical area: post-Soviet Central Eurasia and adjacent regions of China and Afghanistan.  Key themes will include gender, the environment, religion and security. Cases may include conflicts in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, security affairs in Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, and development issues in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.  The module will emphasise qualitative case study research and teach how to conduct research of this type.

Module created

16/04/2020

Last revised

08/09/2021