Conflict and Development
- NINT 5209 - Conflict and Development (Fall 2008)
This course will examine the research literature on the inter-relationships between organized, and mostly transnational, violent conflict - inter-state war, civil war, terrorism, organized crime - and socioeconomic development, primarily in developing countries. Among the issues discussed will be the role of economic agendas in civil wars, the social, political, economic and other sources of conflict, whether cross country economic linkages reduce the incentives for, and prevalence of, armed conflict, whether having representative political institutions reduces a country's propensity for conflict, economic causes and effects of international terrorism, and links between transnational crime and other forms of conflict. Aspects of conflict resolution and post-conflict transformations will be discussed.
Literature from the World Bank, the International Peace Academy, and academic and think tank researchers will be assigned. Country and regional case studies will be examined. Students will be expected to participate regularly in class discussions, make oral presentations on individual readings, and submit a research paper.
Concentrations:Conflict and Security, Development