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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2017 |
Registration ID | PEACH334B001 |
Course Title | Politics of Violence |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Peace, Justice and Human Rights |
Instructor | Isaacs,Anita |
Times and Days | W 01:30pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | HLL7 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2416 We examine the causes, nature and evolution of violent, intra-state conflict. We assess alternative explanations that include fear and insecurity provoked by failing states, greed and grievance, state repression and manipulative political leadership; we explore the recruitment patterns and organizational structures of insurgent movements; and we probe the responsibility of the international community to resolving civil strife. Our cases studies for spring 2015 are Syria, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Colombia and El Salvador.; Cross-listed: Political Science/Peace, Justice and Human Rights; Enrollment Limit: 15 Div: I; Social Science (SO) |
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