Semester | Spring Semester, 2021 | ||
Department | Junior Class of Department of Diplomacy Senior Class of Department of Diplomacy | ||
Course Name | Conflict Management | ||
Instructor | CHEN PING-KUEI | ||
Credit | 2.0 | ||
Course Type | Elective | ||
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Assignments
Readings(*recommended) Week 1 (2/23) IntroductionWeek 2 (3/2) What are armed conflicts? What is the origin of organized conflicts?Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, Penguin Book, 2012, Ch2. Week 3 (3/9) Causes of war from rational choice approachThemner, Lotta, and Peter Wallensteen. 2012. Armed Conflicts, 1946-2011. Journal of Peace Research. 49(4):565-575 *Senese, Paul D., and John A. Vasquez. 2005. Assessing the Steps to War. British Journal of Political Science, 35 (4):607-33. Week 4 (3/16) Theories on conflict managementWalter, Barbara F. 2002. Committing to Peace. Princeton: Princeton University Press, Chapters 2 Week 5 (3/23) Negative and Positive PeaceGaltung, Johan. 1969. Violence, Peace, and Peace Research. Journal of Peace Research 6(3):167-191. *Klein, James P., Gary Goertz, and Paul F. Diehl. 2008. “The Peace Scale: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Non-Rivalry and Peace.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 25 (1): 67–80. Week 6 (3/30) Conflict prevention and non-violent alternativesBercovitch, Jacob, and Richard Jackson. 2009. Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, Ch7. *Dixon, William J. 1996. “Third-Party Techniques for Preventing Conflict Escalation and Promoting Peaceful Settlement.” International Organization 50 (4): 653–81.
Week 7 (4/6) Negotiations: theory and practice Ghosn, Faten. 2010. Getting to the Table and Getting to Yes: An Analysis of International Negotiations. International Studies Quarterly 54 (4):1055-72. Week 8 (4/13) MediationBeardsley, Kyle. 2012. The Mediation Dilemma. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, ch2. *Mattes, Michaela, and Burcu Savun. 2010. “Information, Agreement Design, and the Durability of Civil War Settlements.” American Journal of Political Science 54 (2): 511–24. Week 9 (4/20) Midterm examWeek 10 (4/27) Mediation (II) case: nagorno-karabakhWeek 11 (5/4) International arbitration and adjudication, midterm reviewGent, S.E., and M. Shannon. 2010. “The Effectiveness of International Arbitration and Adjudication: Getting Into a Bind.” The Journal of Politics 72 (02): 366–380. *Huth, Paul K., Sarah E. Croco, and Benjamin J. Appel. 2013. Bringing Law to the Table: Legal Claims, Focal Points, and the Settlement of Territorial Disputes since 1945. American Journal of Political Science, 57(1):90-103. Week 12 (5/11) PeacekeepingGreig, J. Michael, and Paul F. Diehl. 2005. “The Peacekeeping–Peacemaking Dilemma.” International Studies Quarterly 49 (4): 621–45. * Fortna, Virginia Page. 2004. “Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace? International Intervention and the Duration of Peace after Civil War.” International Studies Quarterly 48 (2): 269–292. Week 13 (5/18) Duration of peaceFortna, Virginia Page. 2003. Scraps of Paper? Agreements and the Durability of Peace. International Organization 57 (2):337-72. *Werner, Suzanne. 1999. “The Precarious Nature of Peace: Resolving the Issues, Enforcing the Settlement, and Renegotiating the Terms.” American Journal of Political Science 43 (3): 912–34. Week 14 (5/25) Peace building and the aftermath of conflictFlores, Thomas E., and Irfan Nooruddin. 2012. The Effect of Elections on Postconflict Peace and Reconstruction. Journal of Politics 74(2):558-570. *Doyle, Michael W., and Nicholas Sambanis. 2006. Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations. Princeton , NJ: Princeton University Press, introduction. Week 15 (6/1) Intervention and coercionShirkey, Zachary C. 2012. When and How Many: The Effects of Third Party Joining on Casualties and Duration in Interstate Wars. Journal of Peace Research 49(2):321-334. Week 16 (6/8) Conflict Mediation simulation (round 1)Week 17 (6/15) Conflict Mediation simulation (round 2), discussion: Can we manage armed conflicts?Week 18 (6/22) Final exam (comprehensive) |
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Requirement/Grading |
Grading PolicyClass participation: 10% Midterm: 30% Crisis bargaining and mediation practice: 25% Final exam: 35% Grade Scale: 100-90 A+ 89-85 A 84-80 A- 79-77 B+ 76-73 B 72-70 B- 69-67 C+ 66-63 C 62-60 C- 60 and below F A: Considerable evidence of original and critical thinking; demonstrated exceptional capacity to analyze and synthesize; outstanding grasp of subject matter; evidence of extensive knowledge base beyond minimum requirements; constructive contribution to class discussion. B: Evidence of grasp of subject matter, some evidence of critical capacity and analytical ability; reasonable understanding of relevant issues; evidence of familiarity with the literature; good engagement with the class on relevant issues. C: Evidence of some understanding of the subject matter. Some participation in class. F: Insufficient evidence of understanding of the subject matter; weakness in critical and analytical skills; limited or irrelevant use of the literature. Source: Adapted from Dalhousie University, https://www.dal.ca/campus_life/academic-support/grades-and-student-records/grade-scale-and-definitions.html |
Textbook & Reference |
Recommended booksThere are no required books for purchase. I provide a list of recommended books. You can find them in library. Some of them are on the course reservation stack. You can download journal articles and book chapters in the reading list from MOODLE system.
Oliver Ramsbotham Tom Woodhouse Hugh Miall, Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention Management and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts (Malden, MA: Polity Press, Third edition, 2011. Bercovitch, Jacob, and Richard Jackson. 2009. Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Beardsley, Kyle. 2012. The Mediation Dilemma. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Fortna, Virginia Page. Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices after Civil War. Princeton: Princeton University Press. |
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