Module manager: Dr Doha Abdelgawad
Email: D.Abdelgawad@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
It is widely assumed that an important link exists between conflict, complex emergencies and liberal forms of global governance. However, the relationship remains analytically challenging and empirically problematic. This module aims to improve understanding of the concepts and modalities underpinning international orthodoxy on the topic. Conflict, complex emergencies and global governance addresses two fundamental questions: (1) What are the key theoretical and policy issues linking conflict, complex emergencies, and global governance? And (2) Where are the analytical lines of demarcation between conflict, complex emergencies, and global governance?
This module aims to:
1. Provide an advanced understanding of the economic and political modalities of contemporary forms of internal and regionalised conflict.
2. Provide familiarity with the key humanitarian, developmental and security policy responses and organisational adaptations that are emerging among state and non-state actors in relation to such instability.
3. Provide an understanding of the background and complexity of current humanitarian interventions.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Identify, explain and discuss the economics and politics of contemporary forms of internal and regionalised conflict.
2. Use concepts from development and security to engage with developmental and security policy responses and organisational adaptations that are emerging among state and non-state actors in relation to such instability.
3. Critically understand the background and complexity of current humanitarian interventions.
Skills learning outcomes
Critically reflect on the key arguments offered by scholars and policy makers in the field of Conflict Studies.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Communicate ideas accurately, effectively, and persuasively in writing.
2. Identify and analyse relevant information in order to develop and defend informed arguments.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Private study hours | 278 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
Formative feedback will be provided through seminar discussion and office hours. In addition, feedback will be provided during the period in which the essays are drafted.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Coursework | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 8/28/2024
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