Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC1022: Violence in World Politics

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Conceptual approaches may include:

What is violence?

Direct Violence

Structural/Economic Violence

Cultural Violence

Institutional Violence

Empirical topics may include

War

HIV and AIDS

Urbicide

Cultural Genocide

Capitalism

Gender-based violence

Terrorism

Technology and Risk

Environment

Clash of Civilisations

Borders

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
27.5	122.5	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	16.5	11 x 1.5 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	11	11 x 1 hour seminars
Guided independent study	33	Reading and preparing for seminars, planning and writing formative and summative essays
Guided independent study	40	Researching and writing assessments and assignments
Guided Independent study	49.5	Preparation for seen examination

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

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.

Baaz, Maria Eriksson, and Maria Stern. "Why do soldiers rape? Masculinity, violence, and sexuality in the armed forces in the Congo (DRC)." International Studies Quarterly 53.2 (2009): 495-518.

Barkawi, Tarak, and Mark Laffey. "The imperial peace: democracy, force and globalization." European Journal of International Relations 5.4 (1999): 403-434.

Coward, Martin. Urbicide: The politics of urban destruction. Routledge, 2008.

Galtung, Johan, and Tord Höivik. "Structural and direct violence: A note on operationalization." Journal of Peace Research 8.1 (1971): 73-76.

Galtung, Johan. "Cultural violence." Journal of peace research 27.3 (1990): 291-305.

Howard, Michael. War and the liberal conscience: The George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures in the University of Cambridge, 1977. Anaya-Spain, 1986.

Huntington, Samuel P. "The clash of civilizations?" Foreign affairs (1993): 22-49.

Shepherd, Laura J. Gender, violence and security: Discourse as practice. Zed Books, 2008.

iek, Slavoj. "Violence: Six sideways reflections." (2008).