Module IK2231 Theories and Perspectives in Conflict Resolution Module Convenor: Ludwig Gelot Office 306c in Building A Spring Semester 2011

Course content The course addresses traditional and alternative theories on conflict and conflict resolution. Inventories of existing conflict typologies are conducted. Focus is on traditional methods of conflict resolution (international law, diplomacy, top-negotiations, military force etc.). In addition two alternative conflict resolution aspects are discussed: non-conventional conflict resolution strategies and civil societal strategies. Spring Semester 2011

Intended learning outcomes (1)present the various schools of thoughts related to conflict and causes of conflict (2)conduct an analysis of one particular international conflict (3)present the various schools of thoughts within conflict resolution theories (4) discuss the strength and weaknesses of various traditional as well as alternative methods applied within the field of conflict resolution.

Assignments : 1. The ‘basic concepts’ written examination. (Fail/Pass) 2. Three individually written papers. (Fail/Pass) 3. Active participation in exercises. (Fail/Pass/Pass with Distinction) 4. A take home written exam. (Fail/Pass/Pass with Distinction)

Table of contents PART I: Approaches to peace PART II: Constructing the Liberal Peace PART III: Reflecting on the Concept of Peace

Table of contents PART I: WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN EVIL? The nature of Extraordinary evil Killers of conviction: groups, ideology, and extraordinary evil The ‘Mad Nazi’: psychopathology, personality, and extraordinary evil The dead end of demonization PART II: BEYOND DEMONIZATION: HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE COMMIT EXTRAORDINAY EVIL A model of extraordinary human evil What is the nature of human nature? Our ancestral shadow Who are the killers? Identitites of the perpetrators What is the immediate social context? A culture of cruelty Who is the ‘other’? Social death of the victims PART III: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Conclusion: can we be delivered from extraordinary evil?

Table of contents Introduction 1. The Just War: The Origins of humaniatrian intervention 2. The Scourage of War: Humanitarian interventiojn and the prohibition of the use of force in the UN Charter 3. ‘You the People’: unilateral intervention to promote democracy 4. The new interventionism: Threaths to international peace and security and Security Council actions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter 5. Passing the Baton: The delegation of Security Council enforcement powers from Kuwait to Kosovo 6. Just War or Just Peace? Humanitarian intervention, inhuman itarian non-intervention, and other peace strategies

Table of contents I State, Statebuilding and State Collapse II Anatomies of Failure and Collapse III Relief and Reconstruction

Table of contents 1. Restoring and Maintaining Peace: What we know so far 2. Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina 3. Sierra Leonne 4. Democratic Republic of Congo 5. Kosovo 6. East Timor 7. Afghanistan 8. Are we learning yet? The Löong Road to Applying best practices

Welcome to the Berghof Handbook! The Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation is a comprehensive and cumulative website resource that provides continually updated cutting-edge knowledge, experience and lessons learned for those working in the field of transforming violent ethnopolitical conflict. The Handbook is published by the Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management based in Berlin, Germany. The website content comes from two central resources: 1) commissioned Articles by leading experts from current practice and scholarship; and 2) a Dialogue Series on key issues, in which practitioners and scholars critically engage with and debate one another in light of their varying experiences. The Berghof Handbook highlights established practices and strategies, key concepts, and difficult issues and challenges. Rather than presenting a collection of ready-made recipes or tools, its goal is to put examples of good practice into a useful conceptual framework in order to understand more clearly their functions, strengths and weaknesses. Forthcoming......, among other contributions, is the Berghof Handbook Dialogue No. 6 on Systemic Approaches and an article on Human Rights and Conflict Transformation. Keep watching this space!

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Prevention Conflict Prevention Activities and Operations (e.g. Diplomacy) Conflict Prevention Activities and Operations (e.g. Diplomacy) Start of Armed Conflict Formal Cessation of Armed Conflict Threshold of Armed Conflict Mitigation Humanitarian and “Peace Making” Operations Humanitarian Termination PeacekeepingOperationsPeacekeepingOperations Recovery Peace Building Operations Operations PeaceEnforcementOperationsPeaceEnforcementOperations Conflict Cycle International Response Peace Operations Armed Conflict Armed Conflict Escalation Post- Ceasefire Post- Ceasefire Threshold of Sustainable Peace Peace Peace Accord DDR

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