CDSn4002 Political Violence

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2025
Rozsah
1/1/0. 8 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Miriam Matejova, Ph.D. (přednášející)
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
Předpoklady
None
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course examines the concept of political violence as well as its various types, from state repression, civil war, and genocide to different forms of structural, invisible violence. The central questions throughout this course are: Who are the perpetrators and victims of political violence? Why does political violence occur? What are its political impacts? The course is divided into three main parts. Part I explores the core concepts in the study of political violence, including different types of such violence along with perpetrators and victims. Part II focuses on select types of direct political violence, while Part III examines select types of structural political violence.
Výstupy z učení
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Identify and critically evaluate major theories, hypotheses, and debates on causes, types, and impacts of violence used for political goals. • Critically assess theoretical approaches and research methods linked to the study of political violence. • Evaluate different justifications for the use of political violence.
Osnova
  • Understanding political violence: concepts and definitions
  • What enables (political) violence? Human nature, violence, and political order
  • Who participates in (political) violence?
  • Bottom-up political violence: protest, rebellion, revolution
  • Top-down political violence: state repression
  • Civil war and violence against civilians
  • Gender dynamics in civil war and sexual violence
  • Extraordinary structural violence
  • Everyday structural violence: race, gender, poverty, and marginalization
  • Environmental violence
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • • Johan Galtung, “Violence, Peace and Peace Research,” Journal of Peace Research 6, no. 3 (1969): 167–191.
  • • James Waller, Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
  • • S. Kalyvas, The Logic of Violence in Civil War (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
  • • Charles Tilly, The Politics of Collective Violence (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
  • • Ted R. Gurr, Why Men Rebel (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1971).
Výukové metody
lectures, classroom discussions, independent written assignments
Metody hodnocení
group work, critical reflection, final exam
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
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Výuka probíhá každý týden.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2020, jaro 2021, jaro 2022, jaro 2023, jaro 2024.