Course ID: | INTL 8365. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Comparative Political Violence |
Course Description: | The systematic, theoretical, and empirical study of violent
political conflict. Examples include, but are not limited to,
guerrilla warfare, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict,
nationalist-separatist movements, civil war, political protest,
and state repression. |
Oasis Title: | COM POL VIOL |
Prerequisite: | INTL 6300 or permission of department |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The focus of the course is the systematic theoretical and
empirical study of violent political conflict within countries
(i.e., not interstate war). Examples include but are not limited
to guerrilla warfare, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict,
nationalist-separatist movements, civil war, political protest,
and state repression. The course will also cover topics including
conflict management, negotiated settlements, and third-party
intervention. The course compares different movements,
insurgencies, and state responses to such movements and
insurgencies across countries. The end goal is to gain an
understanding of both the practical and scientific sides of
political violence and the ways in which we and others combat it.
The course will also provide a firm understanding of the central
elements of carrying out research projects in the field of
political violence. It will cover fundamental issues such as how
to arrive at a research puzzle, develop hypotheses and
alternative hypotheses, advance theory and theory-building,
assess the congruence between measures and concepts, understand
dependent and independent variables, implement the comparative
method, discover the differences and/or similarities between case
study methods and large "N" studies, and more generally how to
execute the research process. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction to the study of political violence
2. Research Methodologies used to study Political violence
3. Participation in Political Violence: Rational v.
Psychological Theories
4. Mobilization & Recruitment
5. State Repression
6. Political Dissent
7. The Repression-Dissent Nexus
8. Guerrilla Warfare
9. Ethnic Conflict
10. Civil War
11. Terrorism
12. Statistical Studies of Political Violence
13. Qualitative Studies of Political Violence
14. Forced Migration
15. Genocide
16. Conflict Management, Negotiated Settlements, & Mediation
17. Third Party Intervention |
Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all
of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty
of others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be
found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. |