Module POLM170 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM170: Understanding Israel and Palestine: Anatomy of Violence
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay Plan | Max. 500 words | 1-10 | Peer-assessed |
| Student-led Group Seminar | 5 min per student | 1-11 | Peer-assessed |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 50 | 4,000 words | 1-10 | Written |
| Pre-Seen Exam | 50 | 2 hours | 1-10 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (4,000 words) | 1-10 | Term 3 |
| Exam | Exam (2 hours) | 1-10 | Term 3 |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Azoulay, A. & A. Ophir (2009) The Order of Violence, in: A. Ophir, M. Givoni & S. Hanafi (Eds) The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli Rule in The Occupied Territories (New York, NY: Zone Books).
Barash, D.P. & C. Webel (2002) Peace and Conflict Studies (London: Sage Publications Ltd).
Coady, C. A. J. (1986) The Idea of Violence, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 3(1), pp. 3- 19.
Galtung, J. (1969) Violence, Peace, and Peace Research, Journal of Peace Research, 6(3), pp. 167-191.
Galtung, J. (1990) Cultural violence, Journal of Peace Research, 27(3), pp. 291-305.
Gordon, N. (2008b) Israel's Occupation (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press).
Thomas, C. (2011) ‘Why don’t we talk about ‘violence’ in International Relations?’, Review of International Studies, 37(4), pp. 1815-1836.
Weizman, E. (2007) Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation (New York, NY: Verso).
Winter, Y. (2012) Violence and Visibility, New Political Science, 34(2), pp. 195-202.
Tilly, C. (2003) The Politics of Collective Violence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Caplan, N. (2010)The Israel-Palestine Conflict. Contested Histories (Malden and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell).
Gerner, D., J. (1991) One Land, Two Peoples: The conflict over Palestine (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press)
Gelvin, J.L. (2007) The Israel-Palestine conflict: one hundred years of war (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Milton-Edwards, B. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A People’s War (London: Routledge, 2009)
Mahler. G. S. and Mahler, A., R. (2010) The Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Introduction and Document Reader (London: Routledge)
Peters, J. and Newman, D. (2013)Routledge Handbook on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (London and New York: Routledge)
