To gain understanding of how understanding of war and peacemaking have changed over past centuries - The student learns what is understood as peace building in theory and in practice - The students understands what is meant by democratic peace theory - The students learns how human rights are attached to peace
Contents
This course examined the long term transformation of the understanding of “war” and “peace” and explains how peacemaking tools have changed since the beginning of the 19th century. The course start with introducing Imannuel Kant’s theory on perpetual peace and how this has influenced peace thinking for two centuries. The course gives attention to 19th century peace movememts, the League of Nation and the United Nations. Furthermore, it adopt critical approach democratic peace theory and human rights peace that have been dominating ideologies in post-Cold War era. The emerge of liberal peace building is examined and introduced the latest discussion about “hybrid peace” and “popular peace”. Phenomena like responsibility to protect, humanitarian intervention and liberal peace are explained. -History of peace movement and peacemaking from Kant to present -Democratic peace theory -Human rights and peace -Liberal peace building and its critic
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
Seminar
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
5 ECTS
In
English
Further information
Lectures , articles + seminar (students give oral presentation on the basis of their essay)
Examination (including lectures and selected literature) + seminar with essay focusing on one particular peace building case
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Reading list will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Further information
Some room in the course for exchange students and other students, please contact the teacher before the course.