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49906-01 - Seminar: War in Africa: making or breaking states? (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Herbstsemester |
| Dozierende |
Dominik Balthasar (dominik.balthasar@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Martina Santschi (martina.santschi@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | Violent conflict and civil wars in Africa have frequently been seen as either the cause or the consequence of state fragility. According to this way of thinking, many post-colonial states in Africa have ‘failed’ to hold on to their monopoly over the use of violence and thereby ‘proven’ the limits of their capacity to exercise power over society, as the upsurge in civil wars across the continent in the immediate post-Cold War era would indicate. In this seminar, we engage critically with such perspectives and ask instead how states in Africa, as elsewhere throughout the world, are (also) the product of (internal and inter-state) warfare. Civil wars, it will be argued, while being the cause of immense suffering on the part of civilian populations, do not simply destroy political orders, but also contribute to shaping and producing them. |
| Lernziele | Students understand and reflect on the role of violent conflict and war in the history of state formation in Africa. They have knowledge of the most important theories of (civil) war, and are able to critically analyse and weigh the importance of factors such as colonialism, economic inequalities, ethnicity, Cold War dynamics, natural resources (scarcity and abundance) as causes of violent conflict. |
| Literatur | A comprehensive syllabus including literature will be provided to course participants in the context of the inception meeting on 20 September 2017. However, subsequent some key literature suggestions for this course: • Anderson, B. R. (1983). Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso. • Cramer, C. (2006). Civil War is not a Stupid Thing: Accounting for Violence in Developing Countries. London: Hurst & Co. • Englebert, P. & Dunn, K.C. (2013). Inside African Politics, London: Routledge (Chapter 7: The Shifting Landscape of Conflict and Security, pp. 267-312). • Herbst, J. I. (2000): States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. • Tilly, C. (1985). War Making and State Making as Organized Crime. In P. B. Evans, D. Rueschemeyer, & T. Skocpol (Eds.), Bringing the State Back In. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 169-187. |
| Weblink | www.swisspeace.org |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | durch Belegen in MOnA |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Konflikt/Kooperation (Bachelor Studienfach: Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul: Regionaler Fokus B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Continuous. (1) Active participation in class (25%). (2) Engaging with the literature (25%). (3) Presentation (50%). |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft |