FSS:CDSn4002 Pol. Viol. - Course Information

CDSn4002 Political Violence

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:40 U41

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Conflict and Democracy Studies (programme FSS, N-CDS)
• Conflict and Democracy Studies (Eng.) (programme FSS, N-PL)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Social Studies (programme CST, KOS)

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 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

Literature

required literature
• Krueger, Alan B. What Makes a Terrorist? Economics and the Roots of Terrorism. Princeton: PU Press, 2007.
• Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism. Eli Berman. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2009.
• Inside terrorism. Edited by Bruce Hoffman. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006, xvii, 432. ISBN 9780231126991. info
• KALYVAS, Stathis N. The logic of violence in civil war. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xviii, 485. ISBN 0521670047. info

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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