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Theories and Politics of Peace and War

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Theories and Politics of Peace and War

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Course Description

Students who successfully complete the course will be familiar with different theories of war and peace, as well as with the history, development and approaches to the study and advocacy of peace. They will get to know the ways of solving and transforming conflicts, as well as proposals and hypotheses about the conditions for creating lasting peace, including the theories and practice of transitional justice and dealing with the past.

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Military Leadership and Management - study
(5. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and compare different approaches in peace studies and peace building
  2. Explain the main concepts used in peace research and peacebuilding practice
  3. Compare conflicts and propose ways to transform them through peaceful means
  4. Plan and organize cooperation with NGO
  5. Explain issues of postconflict and transitional justice
  6. Apply strategies of non-violent communication in diverse circumstances

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Teacher's presentation with the active participation of students

Seminars and workshops

Independent student's work under the mentorship of teacher

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lecture: Introductory presentation: Mode of work during the semester Seminar: Introduction to seminar
  2. Lecture: Basic concepts of peace studies: positive and negative peace; conflict triangle; direct and structural violence Seminar: Preparation for conducting the seminar
  3. Lecture: The idea of ​​war and peace in philosophy and religion Seminar: Analysis of the book Juraj Križanić Politika
  4. Lecture: Transformation of the Western understanding of the concept, structure and way of waging wars and achieving peace Seminar: Analysis of the book Niccolò Machiavelli The Ruler
  5. Lecture: Building peace by empowering local communities Seminar: Analysis of Mahatma Gandhi's book The Story of My Experiments with Truth
  6. Lecture: Examples and case studies of ending the conflict and achieving peace Seminar: Analysis of the book Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War
  7. Lectures: I colloquium
  8. Lecture: The role of civil society and the local community in building peace Seminar: Analysis of the book Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto
  9. Lecture: The setting of democratic peace and its critics Seminar: Analysis of Hannah Arendt's book The Origins of Totalitarianism
  10. Lecture: Contemporary conflict resolution Seminar: Analysis of Carl von Clausewitz's book On War
  11. Lecture: Education for peace: lifelong peace education Seminar: Analysis of Henry Kissinger's book World Order
  12. Lecture: Pacifism, post-war reconstruction and reconciliation Seminar: Analysis of Edward Said's book Orientalism
  13. Lecture: Negotiation and conflict prevention Seminar: Analysis of Samuel Huntington's book Clash of Civilizations
  14. Lecture: Conflict prevention, media and communication revolution Seminar: Repetition of seminar material
  15. Lectures: II colloquium

Literature

Raymond Aron (2001.), Mir i rat među narodima, odabrana poglavlja, Golden Marketing
Kenneth N. Waltz (1998.), Čovjek, država i rat, BARBAT, Zagreb
Ramsbotham, O., Woodhouse, T., Miall, H. (2011.), Contemporary Conflict Resolution, odabrana poglavlja, Polity
Milan Galović (2001.), Rat u transformaciji, odabrana poglavlja, Jesenski i Turk

For students

General

ID 282313
  Winter semester
5.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
30 Seminar

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