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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2016 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Andrea Iff (andrea.iff@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Access, distribution and management of natural resources have been at the core of many intrastate conflicts during the last 60 years. Improved natural resource governance offers opportunities for more effective conflict prevention, transformation and peacebuilding. Improved governance adresses both state as well as corporate actors and includes economic policies of redistribution as well as international private-sector initiatives. The course provides an introduction into the state of the art of causes of resource conflicts (like horizontal inequalities, greed and grievance approaches) as well as the latest research on 'solutions' to those causes (economic policies and institutions of redistribution, processes of accountability and transparency as well as multi-stakeholder initiatives). |
| Lernziele | Students - understand the links between natural resources, conflict and peace for different resources (renewable, non-renewable and land); - know the different approaches to explain the causes of such conflicts; - know conditions under which environmental stress or poor governance may contribute to the emergence / trigger conflict; - become familiar with a range of different economic policies, initiatives and instruments to mitigate, transform and prevent conflicts over natural resources. - have an insight into selected case studies. |
| Literatur | Justino, Patricia, and Mick Moore. Inequality: Trends, Harms and New Agendas. No. IDS Evidence Report; 144. IDS, 2015. Acosta, Andrés Mejía. "The Governance of Natural Resource Wealth: Some Political Economy Considerations on Enhancing Social Investment1." Growth is Dead, Long Live Growth (2015): 301. Humphreys, Macartan. "Natural resources, conflict, and conflict resolution uncovering the mechanisms." Journal of conflict resolution 49.4 (2005): 508-537. Herbst, Jeffrey. "Economic incentives, natural resources and conflict in Africa." Journal of African Economies 9.3 (2000): 270-294. |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | MA-Level and PhD level: G3S, IGS North-South |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Environment and Development (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Internationales Zusatzwissen (Master European Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.02.2015)) Modul Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wirtschaft, Kultur und Wissen (Master Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Wirtschaft, Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Master European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Master European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master European Global Studies) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Students are required to - Actively participate in the seminar and write a learning journal - Apply theories / approaches to cases - Critically assess academic papers - Prepare and moderate discussions in class - Write an essay of 15 pages at the end of the seminar - There is the possibility to acquire additional credits when writing a seminar paper (depending on the rules and regulations of the home department) |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Universität Basel |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Europainstitut |