PIA 1104 - VIOLENT POLITICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description Why is politics sometimes violent and how can policy be designed and implemented to move politics away from violence and toward peaceful resolution of conflict? A core goal of the course is to understand the sources of violence in political competition and the conditions under which political disputes can be peacefully resolved. Specific forms of violence to be covered include civil war, election violence, ethnic and religious violence, genocide, insurgency, riots, state repression, terrorism, and war. Each week's first meeting is devoted to learning about the causes, explanations, and use of a particular form of violent politics around the world. The second meeting of the week is applied, where we critique and develop policy designed to address that violence, drawing on real cases and policies, as well as in-class interaction with professional practitioners in these policy areas. We will study examples from multiple regions, including Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade

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