Module Title |
Peace-keeping & Peace-making Interventions
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Module Code |
LG534A
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School |
School of Law & Government
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Online Module Resources
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Module Co-ordinator | Dr John Doyle | Office Number | C201A |
Level |
1
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Credit Rating |
5
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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7 To examine the historical development of peace-keeping in the post World War 2 era.
7 To analyse the challenges faced by traditional peace keeping after the Cold War
7 To analyse the shifts from peace-keeping to peace enforcement
7 To explore the place of humanitarian intervention
7 To analyse the role of the military in peace support operations
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Learning Outcomes
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7 By the end of the module students should be in a position to place contemporary developments in peacekeeping and peace enforcement in an historical and theoretical framework.
7 Students should be comfortable with using the available on-line databases on the study of conflict.
7 Students should have engaged in at least one case study and presented oral and written outlines of their work.
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
12
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Tutorials |
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Laboratories |
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Seminars |
12
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Independent Learning Time |
51
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Total |
75
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Placements |
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Assignments |
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NOTE
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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The historical development
· The development of UN `blue helmet' peace-keeping
· Historical oddities - Korea and the Congo
· The end of the Cold War and the wave of UN deployments
· Peace Enforcement, Somalia and crisis
· The place of "Humanitarian" intervention in the context of peace support operations
The institutional context
· The United Nations - the Security Council and Peace Keeping Dept.
· The role of regional organisations
o OSCE, NATO, EUo African Union
o Other regional possibilities
· Great Powers and `peace-keeping' - the role of the USA
The contemporary role of the military in peace support operations
· The role of monitors and observers
· `Petersburg' Tasks· Can peace be `enforced' ?
· Civil Military Cooperation
· Capacity issues and the politics of burden sharing
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Assessment | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
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Indicative Reading List
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7 Bellamy, Alex, Paul Williams and Stuart Griffin. (2004). Understanding peacekeeping Polity Press.
7 Furley, Oliver and Roy May. Eds. (1999) Peacekeeping in Africa Ashgate,
7 Hunter, Robert (2002). The European Security and Defense Policy: NATO's Companion or Competitor? Rand.
7 Holzgrefe, JL and Robert O. Keohane eds. (2003) Humanitarian intervention :ethical, legal, and political dilemmas . Cambridge University Press.
7 Leatherman, Janie (2003) From Cold War to Democratic Peace: Third Parties, Peaceful Change, and the Osce. Syracuse University Press.
7 Macqueen, Norrie (1999). The United Nations since 1945 : peacekeeping and the Cold War. - London : Addison Wesley Longman7 Schmidl, Erwin A. ed. (2000) Peace operations between war and peace. London : Frank Cass.
7 Wheeler, Nicholas (2000). Saving Strangers, Humanitarian intervention in international society. Oxford: OUP.
7 Woodhouse, Tom Robert Bruce, and Malcolm Dando eds. (1998). Peacekeeping and peacemaking: towards effective intervention in post-Cold War conflicts Basingstoke: Macmillan.
7 Woodhouse, Tom and Oliver Ramsbotham eds. (2000). Peacekeeping and conflict resolution. London : Frank Cass, 2000.
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Programme or List of Programmes
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MIR | MA in International Relations |
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