Module POL2076 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL2076: Rising Powers, Peace and Conflict
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to familiarise you with an emerging debate in international relations about the most appropriate and effective responses to intrastate armed conflicts. You will further develop your understanding of the dominant ‘Western’ liberal peace-building model, before going on to engage with alternatives to this model, both in relation to thematic issues, such as democratisation, economic liberalisation, and the use of force, and in relation to specific outbreaks of conflict around the world. The module also aims to provide insight into the divergent policies of major non-Western powers on questions of international peace and security, and the impact of these policies on international institutions, such as the UN. The module will also provide an opportunity to develop your skills in analysing conflicts and policy responses, through in-depth studies of contemporary conflicts.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. understand contemporary debates around international responses to armed conflict; 2. critically evaluate a range of policies towards specific conflicts; 3. understand competing theoretical frameworks for assessing conflict and responses to conflict; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. critically analyse both empirical and theoretical material; 5. deploy theoretical arguments and apply them to empirical case studies; |
Personal and Key Skills | 6. collect, analyse and evaluate relevant secondary and primary sources; 7. work independently and with peers; and 8. communicate effectively through well-structured speech and writing. |
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.
Basic reading:
Bellamy, A. J. and P. D. Williams, Providing Peacekeepers: The Politics, Challenges, and Future of United Nations Peacekeeping Contributions (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Call, Charles T., and Cedric De Coning, Rising Powers and Peacebuilding: Breaking the Mold?. Palgrave, 2017. Jütersonke, Oliver, et al. "Norm Contestation and Normative Transformation in Global Peacebuilding Order (s): The Cases of China, Japan, and Russia." International Studies Quarterly 65.4 (2021): 944-959.Parlar Dal, Emel. "Rising powers in international conflict management: an introduction." Third World Quarterly 39.12 (2018): 2207-2221.
Ramsbottom, Oliver, Tom Woodhouse, Hugh Miall, Contemporary Conflict Resolution (4thedition), Cambridge; Malden MA: Polity, 2016.