Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have gained an overview of conflict resolution as applied within and among nations and at the global level. Students will become cognizant of key concepts and terms related to international and global conflict resolution, for example, collective security, human security, peacekeeping, peace activism, universal human rights, international organization, world governance, and NGOs. Finally, students will gain an understanding of the linkage and interrelationships between peace and sustainable development, alleviation of poverty, economics, gender equality, human rights, access to justice, and participatory government.
Contents
Course content and associated goals include
1) increasing awareness of the dimensions and social contexts of conflict situations through the comparison of institutions in various cultures and nations
2) examining and analyzing a range of conflict resolution practices, conflict prevention strategies, and peace-building, peacekeeping, and reconciliation techniques, and
3) gaining an understanding of the options available for dealing with conflict within and among nations and at the global level.
Modes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Participation in small-group discussions of readings and passing a comprehensive course exam on the lectures, readings, films, and so on.
The students of the University of Tampere will complete this course unit from the Åbo Akademi University by studying online.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
Barash, David P. and Weber, Charles. 2005. Peace and Conflict Studies, 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Sage. Chapters 2 and 13.
Cortright, David. 2008. Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 9.
Daily Kos. 2011. Our Taxes are Off to War—2011 Edition.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/23/947675/-Our-Taxes-are-Off-to-War---2011-Edition
De Waal, Frans. 2009. Age of Empathy. New York: Harmony Books. Chapter 7.
Fry, Douglas P. 2007. Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapters 11, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
Fry, Douglas P. “in press.” Governance and the Creation of Peace Systems.
Ramsbotham, Oliver, Woodhouse, Tom, & Miall, Hugh. Contemporary Conflict Resolution, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity Press. Chapters 5, 7, 9, and 10.
Ury, William. 1999. Getting to Peace: Transforming Conflict at Home, at Work, and in the World. New York: Viking Press. Chapter 1.
Belongs to following study modules
2014–2015