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TR3501: BETWEEN CONFLICT AND PEACE TRANSITIONS IN SOCIETY AND POLITICS (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:34


Course Overview

This course utilises a range of disciplinary and theoretical approaches to analyse the concept of ‘transition’ as a fundamental condition of world history. It examines this through two related processes: the transition from conflict to peace and from peace to conflict at both a macro and micro level. Topics include how states transition through revolutionary violence or through peaceful means, how individuals are radicalized into terrorist groups or become involved in non-violent movements, and transitions in global institutions, norms and technology that generate local and individual changes.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr John Nagle

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of International Relations (IR) (Studied) or Politics (PI) (Studied) or Sociology (SO) (Studied)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 3

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

To acquaint students with the ability to; a) Analyse whether political and social change is always progressive, leading to a better world b) Apply general theoretical models to the analysis of global, state and local transitions c) Construct logical and coherent arguments supported by relevant evidence d) Appreciate the relationship between action and structure, macro and micro factors, global and the local as it relates to historical transitions

Further Information & Notes

a) To familiarise students with the main disciplinary and theoretical approaches in the socio-political and cultural dynamics of historical transition. b) To develop students analytical skills in identifying the key transitional events of peace and conflict. c) To engage students in critical and comparative analysis of specific examples of transition, ranging from the Arab Spring, the end of the Cold War, to peace building in Africa.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: One mid-semester 2,000 word essay (40%) and one final 3,000 word essay (60%).

Resit: Rewrites of the essays.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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