The overall goal is to gain understanding of how understanding of peace and peacemaking have changed during the past decade. The course introduces the development and major changes in ideals and practices of international peacemaking from the post-Cold War era. The focus will be, on the one hand, on change of practices of peacemaking but, on the other hand, on their theoretical and ideological basis. The students learn to recognize and critically discuss about peacemaking dilemma between international (peaceful) intervention to the end violent conflict and to build conditions for sustainable peace (good aims) and the ignorance of local ownership and practices (interventionist coercion). Special emphasis is given to Nordic peacemakers and Nordic model.

Themes:

PART 1: BAKCKGROUND: CRISIS OF LIBERAL PEACE ORDER                           

1)      Beyond Liberal Peace: Liberal Peace and its critic  (incl. Liberal Peace as Governing Practice, Peace New Standard of Civilization, Popular Peace, Peace Formation)

2)      Crisis of Peace Mediation (incl. transformation of peacemaking tools and agency)

PART 2: LOOKING FOR NEW THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO PEACEMAKING:

3)      Complexity of Conflicts (incl. critique on rational management)

4)      From Conflict Resolution to Transformation  (incl. Agonistic Peace and Dialogues)

5)      Transforming Antagonism: Mediating Identities and Collective Memories (incl. how is possible to transform identities as part peace process)

6)      Inclusive and Locally Owned Peace Process (incl. increasing women’s role, participatory dialogues, role of civic society actors)

PART 3: MAPPING NEW PRACTICES OF DIALOGIC APPROACH TO PEACE MEDIATION

7)      Introduction to Independent Peacemakers

8)      Peace  through Dialogues: National Dialogues

9)      Peace  through Dialogues: Reconciling Dialogues

10)  Peace through Dialogues: Dialogic Mediation

SEMINAR:

Conflict Analysis Exercise

Teachers

Marko Lehti, Teacher responsible

Guests lecturers:

Representatives from a Finnish based peacemaking organisations CMI, Finn Church Aid, Felm and the Network of Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

Representative from Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Representative from Mediation Support Unit of the United Nations

Students will be accepted to the course in the following order:

1. degree students of the MDP in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research

2. degree students of the other Global Society programmes (MDP in Global and Transnational Studies, MDP in Public Choice, MDP in Gender Studies, MDP in Comparative Social Policy and Welfare)

3. other degree students of UTA

4. exchange students