Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3168: War and its Aftermath: Interventions and Contemporary Conflict

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 6
Credits 30 ECTS Value 15
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks) and term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Dr Klejda Mulaj (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module explores effects of political violence in the contemporary setting with particular focus on the various efforts to intervene in armed conflict and seek redress for mass atrocities. In the first half of the course you will focus on the issues that arise during conflict. The module will consider contemporary trends in modern war, the decision to intervene, and how intervention shapes both the war and the post-war period. In the second half of the course you will study the various ways international and local actors have tried to address legacies of war crimes and mass atrocities after weapons have been laid to rest.

There are no pre-requisites for taking this module but you are required to read extensively. Teaching will be interactive and you are expected to take an active role in weekly class discussions.

Module created

30/01/2012

Last revised

14/01/2020