pol5qaq states in transition
STATES IN TRANSITION: PEACEBUILDING AFTER CIVIL WAR AND REGIME CHANGE
POL5QAQ
2015
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
Across the world today, a diverse range of states are undergoing complex and often violent processes of transition. From states emerging from civil wars in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, to those that the Arab Spring swept through in 2011-2013, the international community has been faced with the difficult task of supporting these transitions through state building, peace building, and development. This subject explores the way the international community engages in these deeply contested processes of social and political change, the dominant approaches taken, and their effectiveness in supporting states to transition out of oppressive regimes or civil wars. It uses a series of in-depth case-studies to explore different aspects of transitions and the challenges they entail. It encourages students to consider states in transition in the context of local, national, regional and international politics and processes, and the interaction between them.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorJasmine-Kim Westendorf
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Enrolment in the Master of International Relations (AMIR/AMIRL/AMIRH/AMIRS), Graduate Diploma of International Relations(AGIR), Graduate Certificate of International Relations (ACIR), Master of International Development (AMID/AMIDV/AMIDH/HZHPHID/HZPHID), Graduate Diploma of International Development(AGDST) or Graduate Certificate of International Development (ACDST).
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Students will have mastery of the theoretical knowledge concerning peacebuilding in transitional states.
- Activities:
- Policy brief, research essay, class presentation
02. Students will have extensive knowledge of recent developments and professional practice in the field of peacebuilding, statebuilding, and international responses to states in transition.
- Activities:
- Policy brief, research essay, class presentation
03. Students will used their advanced conceptual knowledge and research skills to critically examine case studies of transition in states emerging from civil war or regime change, in order to identify and provide policy recommendations that can be communicated to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Activities:
- Policy brief, research essay, class presentation
04. To understand the benefits of comparisons and case studies as a methodology in International Relations
- Activities:
- Research essay
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Melbourne, 2015, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorJasmine-Kim Westendorf
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
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One 5,000-word Research Essay | 60 | 01, 02, 03, 04 | |
One class presentation (equivalent to 1,500-words) | 15 | 01, 02, 03, 04 | |
One 2500-word situation brief | 25 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |