Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LM Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development
School	Government
Department	International Development
Module Code	07 23948
Module Lead	Dr Martin Ottmann
Level	Masters Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	A compulsory module: MSc/PGDip International Development (Conflict, Security and Development) (DL)
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-160 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	Countries emerging from civil war face the daunting task of post-conflict reconstruction and development. In some of these post-conflict settings, political actors can overcome societal divisions and work towards sustainable political and economic recovery. In others, however, peace and development remain elusive. These countries become caught in a conflict trap and experience recurrent civil war. What explains this variation in post-conflict reconstruction and development? And how can local political elites and international actors keep the peace, re-build the state, and reconstruct communities? This module explores these questions through an in-depth examination of peace stabilization and consolidation approaches. The former approach includes measures and interventions aimed at sustaining negotiated settlements. The latter covers strategies to reconstruct and develop state institutions, communities, and individuals. The module is designed to introduce students to key concepts and theories in the study of civil war and development using a wide range of empirical examples of post-conflict settings from across the developing world. This will enable students to assess the promises and pitfalls of common policy interventions for post-conflict reconstruction and development.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Describe, interpret, and explain patterns of post-conflict reconstruction and development. Critically analyse and explain concepts and theories relating to peace stabilization and consolidation after civil war. Identify the causal mechanisms in these different theoretical frameworks and evaluate them against empirical evidence. Apply the concepts and theories discussed in this module to real-world examples of post-conflict settings across the developing world.
Assessment	23948-01 : Assignment 1 - 2000 words : Coursework (50%) 23948-02 : Assignment 2 - 2000 words : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 2 assignments of 2,000 words each, weighted 50% each. Reassessment: Resubmission of failed assignment(s)
Other	None
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