Conflict, Security and Development

MA Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

This course has been established in recognition of the way that concerns about the relationship between security and development have increasingly guided policy action and academic analysis on a range of issues in the post-Cold War era. Indeed, the merger of security and development is generally considered to be one of the defining features of the post-Cold War security debate.

For supporters, this conceptual merger has been central to the success of recent campaigns to raise aid, eliminate debt, address global ills such as landmines and promote human security inside weak and post-conflict states in particular.

For critics, on the other hand, the linking of development and security has unduly securitised the representation of a range of developing world actors and has legitimised a variety of quasiimperial Western interventions ranging from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to pervasive programmes of economic, political and societal reform inside formerly sovereign states.

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Semester 1 (60 Credits - 2 x (C) Modules and 1 x (O) Module):

• Introduction to Peace Studies (20 Credits) (C)
• Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• African Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 1 (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia (20 Credits) (O)
• Human Rights (20 Credits) (O)
• International Politics and Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Introduction to African Politics (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Theory (20 Credits) (O)
• Middle East: Area in Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Nationalism, Peace and Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Theories and Values (20 Credits) (O)

Semester 2 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 2 x (O) Modules):

• Perspectives on Security and Development (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• Africa Study Visit (20 Credits) (O)
• African Approaches to CR and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict and Change in Contemporary Latin America (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 2 (20 Credits) (O)
• Crisis of Post-Coloniality in Africa (20 Credits) (O)
• Democracy – Theory and Practice (20 Credits) (O)
• From Islam and the West to Muslims of the West: the challenge of co-existence (20 Credits) (O)
• International Political Economy (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Policy (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Methods and Practices (20 Credits) (O)
• Public Policy Analysis and Management (20 Credits) (O)
• Regional Security in East Asia (20 Credits) (O)

End of Semester 2 onwards (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module:

• Dissertation project in a topic of your (choice related to Conflict, Security and Development) (60 Credits) (C)

MA Part-time

Suitable for International Students?

Not suitable for International Students

Course Introduction

This course has been established in recognition of the way that concerns about the relationship between security and development have increasingly guided policy action and academic analysis on a range of issues in the post-Cold War era. Indeed, the merger of security and development is generally considered to be one of the defining features of the post-Cold War security debate.

For supporters, this conceptual merger has been central to the success of recent campaigns to raise aid, eliminate debt, address global ills such as landmines and promote human security inside weak and post-conflict states in particular.

For critics, on the other hand, the linking of development and security has unduly securitised the representation of a range of developing world actors and has legitimised a variety of quasiimperial Western interventions ranging from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to pervasive programmes of economic, political and societal reform inside formerly sovereign states.

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Stage 1 (60 Credits - 2 x (C) Modules and 1 x (O) Module):

• Introduction to Peace Studies (20 Credits) (C)
• Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• African Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 1 (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia (20 Credits) (O)
• Human Rights (20 Credits) (O)
• International Politics and Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Introduction to African Politics (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Theory (20 Credits) (O)
• Middle East: Area in Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Nationalism, Peace and Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Theories and Values (20 Credits) (O)

Stage 2 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 2 x (O) Modules):

• Perspectives on Security and Development (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• Africa Study Visit (20 Credits) (O)
• African Approaches to CR and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict and Change in Contemporary Latin America (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 2 (20 Credits) (O)
• Crisis of Post-Coloniality in Africa (20 Credits) (O)
• Democracy – Theory and Practice (20 Credits) (O)
• From Islam and the West to Muslims of the West: the challenge of co-existence (20 Credits) (O)
• International Political Economy (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Policy (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Methods and Practices (20 Credits) (O)
• Public Policy Analysis and Management (20 Credits) (O)
• Regional Security in East Asia (20 Credits) (O)

Stage 3 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module):

• Dissertation project in a topic of your (choice related to Conflict, Security and Development) (60 Credits) (C)

PG Diploma Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

This course has been established in recognition of the way that concerns about the relationship between security and development have increasingly guided policy action and academic analysis on a range of issues in the post-Cold War era. Indeed, the merger of security and development is generally considered to be one of the defining features of the post-Cold War security debate.

For supporters, this conceptual merger has been central to the success of recent campaigns to raise aid, eliminate debt, address global ills such as landmines and promote human security inside weak and post-conflict states in particular.

For critics, on the other hand, the linking of development and security has unduly securitised the representation of a range of developing world actors and has legitimised a variety of quasiimperial Western interventions ranging from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to pervasive programmes of economic, political and societal reform inside formerly sovereign states.

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Semester 1 (60 Credits - 2 x (C) Modules and 1 x (O) Module):

• Introduction to Peace Studies (20 Credits) (C)
• Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• African Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 1 (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia (20 Credits) (O)
• Human Rights (20 Credits) (O)
• International Politics and Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Introduction to African Politics (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Theory (20 Credits) (O)
• Middle East: Area in Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Nationalism, Peace and Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Theories and Values (20 Credits) (O)

Semester 2 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 2 x (O) Modules):

• Perspectives on Security and Development (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• Africa Study Visit (20 Credits) (O)
• African Approaches to CR and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict and Change in Contemporary Latin America (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 2 (20 Credits) (O)
• Crisis of Post-Coloniality in Africa (20 Credits) (O)
• Democracy – Theory and Practice (20 Credits) (O)
• From Islam and the West to Muslims of the West: the challenge of co-existence (20 Credits) (O)
• International Political Economy (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Policy (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Methods and Practices (20 Credits) (O)
• Public Policy Analysis and Management (20 Credits) (O)
• Regional Security in East Asia (20 Credits) (O)

PG Diploma Part-time

Suitable for International Students?

Not suitable for International Students

Course Introduction

This course has been established in recognition of the way that concerns about the relationship between security and development have increasingly guided policy action and academic analysis on a range of issues in the post-Cold War era. Indeed, the merger of security and development is generally considered to be one of the defining features of the post-Cold War security debate.

For supporters, this conceptual merger has been central to the success of recent campaigns to raise aid, eliminate debt, address global ills such as landmines and promote human security inside weak and post-conflict states in particular.

For critics, on the other hand, the linking of development and security has unduly securitised the representation of a range of developing world actors and has legitimised a variety of quasiimperial Western interventions ranging from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to pervasive programmes of economic, political and societal reform inside formerly sovereign states.

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Stage 1 (60 Credits - 2 x (C) Modules and 1 x (O) Module):

• Introduction to Peace Studies (20 Credits) (C)
• Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• African Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 1 (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia (20 Credits) (O)
• Human Rights (20 Credits) (O)
• International Politics and Security Studies (20 Credits) (O)
• Introduction to African Politics (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Theory (20 Credits) (O)
• Middle East: Area in Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Nationalism, Peace and Conflict (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Theories and Values (20 Credits) (O)

Stage 2 (60 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 2 x (O) Modules):

• Perspectives on Security and Development (20 Credits) (C)

Recommended Optional Modules:

• Africa Study Visit (20 Credits) (O)
• African Approaches to CR and Peacebuilding (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict and Change in Contemporary Latin America (20 Credits) (O)
• Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 2 (20 Credits) (O)
• Crisis of Post-Coloniality in Africa (20 Credits) (O)
• Democracy – Theory and Practice (20 Credits) (O)
• From Islam and the West to Muslims of the West: the challenge of co-existence (20 Credits) (O)
• International Political Economy (20 Credits) (O)
• Issues in Development Policy (20 Credits) (O)
• Participation: Methods and Practices (20 Credits) (O)
• Public Policy Analysis and Management (20 Credits) (O)
• Regional Security in East Asia (20 Credits) (O)