Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the study unit, students will be able to understand changes related to war and its justification and changes in security paradigm. Students will be able to critically analyze the effects of the changing security paradigm to politics and approach different security matters from the perspective of different security concepts.
Contents
Violence, war, new wars, just war, security, human security, gender and war.
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Written exam
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Option
2
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
2 ECTS
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Written exam
3 ECTS
In
Finnish
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Two of the following:
Buzan – Hansen, The Evolution of International Security Studies. Cambridge University Press 2009 (e-book) (2 ECTS),
Walzer (2000), Just and Unjust Wars. A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations. Basic Books 2000. 3rd edition (2 ECTS),
Kronsell – Svedberg (ed.), Making Gender, Making War. Violence, Military and Peacekeeping Practices. Routledge 2012. (e-book) (2 ECTS).
And the following articles (1 ECTS):
Newman, Edward (2010), Critical human security studies. Review of International Studies, 36(1), pp. 77–94. (e-material)
Malesevic, Sinisa (2008), The Sociology of New Wars? Assessing the Causes and Objectives of Contemporary Violent Conflicts? International Political Sociology, 2, pp. 97–112. (e-material)
Melander, Erik – Magnus Oberg –Jonathan Hall (2009), Are ‘New Wars’ More Atrocious? Battle Severity, Civilian Killed and Forced Migration Before and After the End of the Cold War, European Journal of International Relations, 15(3), pp. 505–536. (e-material)