15341
Graduate Course
SoSe 13: Post-Conflict Peace- and Statebuilding
Ursula Schröder
Comments
External democracy and governance assistance to states emerging from conflict has become a growth industry during the past decades. A large number of international organizations, governments and private foundations are currently engaged in post-conflict peace- and state-building around the world. Despite their extensive scope, our understanding of how and under what conditions these interventions function or fail remains limited. The MA-level seminar introduces students to core questions of international post-conflict security governance and examines their promises and pitfalls. Over the course of the seminar, students discuss the central concepts, players and criticisms of international peace- and state-building in post-conflict contexts. Starting with a critical discussion of the interrelated concepts of post-conflict state-building, peacebuilding, democratization and development assistance, the seminar subsequently introduces major debates about the effectiveness and legitimacy of these external interventions. In its second part, the seminar discusses selected regional case studies to illustrate both positive and negative dynamics of international state- and peace-building. Students prepare problem-oriented and in-depth evaluations of individual international missions and compare their findings across cases to come to a more systematic understanding of the oftentimes ambivalent outcomes of international assistance in this field. close
13 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2013-04-11 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-04-18 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-04-25 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-05-02 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-05-16 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-05-23 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-05-30 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-06-06 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-06-13 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-06-20 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-06-27 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-07-04 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2013-07-11 10:00 - 12:00