Předmět Security and Democracy in the South Caucasus (MVZ208)

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Materiál	Typ	Datum	Počet stažení

Cíl

1. To examine the nature of conflicts in the South Caucasus with respect to factors that generates those conflicts and their change in time.2. To explore theoretical perspectives on armed conflict3. To understand conflict processes4. Develop students’ skills in conflict analysis

Osnova

Week 1: Introduction. Week 2: What Is Conflict – Concepts of Ethnicity and Theoretical Framework (Greetsz, C. (1996): Primordial Ties, in Hutchinson J., Smith, A.(ed.): Ethnicity, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, pp. 40-45. Lake, D., Rothchild, D. (1998): Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict, chapter 1 in Lake, D., Rothchild, D. (ed.): The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, pp.: 3-32. Nash, M. (1996): The Core Elements of Ethnicity, in Hutchinson J., Smith, A.(ed.): Ethnicity, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, pp. 24-28. Week 3: Ethnic Conflict in IR (Lobell, S., Maucer, P. (2004): Ethnic conflict and International Politics: Explaining Diffusion and Escalation, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 1-24. Saideman, S. (1997): Explaining the International Relations of Secessionist Conflicts, International Organization, Vol.51, No 4., pp: 721-753. Week 4. Domestic Politics and Ethnic Conflict (Horowitz, D.(1994): Democracy in Divided Societies, chapter 3 in Diamond, L., Plattner, M. (ed.): Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Democracy, The John Hopkins University Press , Baltimore, London, pp.: 35-55. Saideman, S., Lanoue, D., Campenni, M., Stanton, S. (2002): Democratization, Political institutions, and Ethnic Conflict. A pooled-Time Series Analysis, 1985-1998”, Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 35, No 1., pp: 103-129. Week 5. Ethnicity and Ethnic conflict (Cederman, L., Wimmer, A., Min, B. (2010): Why Do Ethnic Groups Rebel? New Data and Analysis, World Politics, Vol. 62, No. 1., pp.: 87-119. Kaufman, S. (2010): Ethnicity as a Generator of Conflict, chapter 8 in Cordell, K., Wolff, S.: Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict, Routledge, pp. 91-102.Week 6. The Role of Myths and History in Ethnic Conflict (Kaufman, S. (2006): The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, chapter 2 in Kaufman, J. (2001): Modern Hatreds. The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, London, pp.: 15-39. Week 7. Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh (Cornell, S. (2001): The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, chapter 3 in Cornell, S.: Small Nations and Great Powers. A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus, Routledge Curzon, London, New York, pp. 47- 95. Week 8. Georgian Conflicts - Abkhazia (Nodia, G. (1997): Causes and Visions of Conflicts in Abkhazia, University of California, Berkley, pp. 2-52. Week 9. Georgian Conflicts - South Ossetia (International Crisis Group, Europe Report No. 159 (2204): Georgia: Avoiding War in South Ossetia, Tbilisi, Brussels, pp.: 1-29. Week 10. Russian-Georgian Armed Conflict (Felgenhauer, P. (2009): After August 7: The Escalation of the Russia-Georgia War, chapter 9 in Cornell, S. E., Starr, S. F.: The Guns of August 2008 Russia’s War in Georgia, M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York. pp. 162-180.Illarionov, A. (2009): The Russian Leadership’s Preparation for War, 1999 – 2008, chapter 4 in Cornell, S. E., Starr, S. F.: The Guns of August 2008 Russia’s War in Georgia, M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York. pp. 49-84. Week 11. Russian Policy towards the South Caucasus (Mankoff, J. (2009): Back to the Offensive? The Former Soviet Union, in Mankoff, J.: “Russian Foreign Policy. The Return of Great Power Politics”, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth, UK., pp.: 241-246, 255-264, 280-282. Week 12. The Great Game in a Small Space (Jolicoeur, P., Labarre, F. (2011): NATO’s Engagement in the South Caucasus: Looking for Energy Security or Expanding Norms and Values?, chapter 10 in Jafalian, A. (ed.):Reassessing Security in the South Caucasus. Regional Conflict and Transformation, Ashgate, Burlington, pp.: 157-176.Papkova, I. (2011): Great Power Misalignment: The United States and the Russo-Georgian Conflict, chapter 3 in Astrov, A. (ed.): The Great Power (mis) Management. Russian-Georgian War and its Implications for Global Political Order, Ashgate, pp.: 43-58. Week 13. Discussion, final remarks

Literatura

povinná literaturaCederman, L., Wimmer, A., Min, B. (2010): Why Do Ethnic Groups Rebel? New Data and Analysis, World Politics, Vol. 62, No. 1., pp.: 87-119Lake, D., Rothchild, D. (ed.): The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New JerseyKaufman, J. (2001): Modern Hatreds. The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, London.neurčenoBrown, M. (1993): “Ethnic Conflict and International Security,” Princeton University Press.

Požadavky

MVZ101 Úvod do mezinárodních vztahů

Garant

PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Mgr. Zinaida Shevchuk, Ph.D.Mgr. Nađa Beglerović, M.Ed.