CDSn4002 Political Violence

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2023
Rozsah
1/1/0. 8 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Deretha Bester, BA (cvičící)
Garance
doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D.
Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Po 14:00–15:40 P22
Předpoklady
None
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course’s primary goals are to use the problems of non-state political violence and terrorism to develop students’ ability to analyze and critique competing arguments, and to formulate their own arguments based on independent research of the existing secondary-source literature.
The key questions address in the course include: Why do non-state actors commit acts of political violence and terrorism? Is all political violence caused by the same factors, or is terrorism different? What causes civil wars and under what conditions do they end? What are the roles (if any) of poverty, inequality, or religion in explaining political violence? Can governments take effective action to prevent or counter the threats of terrorism and insurgency, or are we all doomed to live in insecurity?
Výstupy z učení
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge of social science and policy debates about political violence, civil wars, terrorism, and counterterrorism;
Demonstrate factual knowledge of selected historical and current cases where these debates are reflected in real-world events;
Read critically to assess the explanatory value of competing perspectives and theories;
Apply contending theories from the social science literature to analyze, compare, and evaluate selected historical and current events.
Osnova
  • Long-term trends in armed conflicts.
  • Civil Wars: Conceptual Definitions
  • Causes of Civil War
  • Violence against Civilians
  • Ending Civil wars
  • What is Terrorism?
  • Economics, Inequality and Terrorism
  • Religion and Terrorism
  • Understanding Lone Actor Terrorism
  • Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism. Eli Berman. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2009.
  • Krueger, Alan B. What Makes a Terrorist? Economics and the Roots of Terrorism. Princeton: PU Press, 2007.
  • Inside terrorism. Edited by Bruce Hoffman. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, xvii, 432. ISBN 9780231126991. info
  • The logic of violence in civil war. Edited by Stathis N. Kalyvas. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xviii, 485. ISBN 0521670047. URL info
Výukové metody
lectures, classroom discussions, independent written assignments
Metody hodnocení
one classroom presentation, two short written assignments, a term paper
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2020, jaro 2021, jaro 2022, jaro 2024, jaro 2025.