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Conflict Management

Credits: 8

• To analyze the causes and dynamics of post-communist conflicts
• To examine the mechanisms of conflict management
• To identify strengths and weaknesses in the study of conflict and conflict management and its application to Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

• Theories of nationalism and ethnicity, transition and conflict-regulation as a conceptual framework for the study of post-communist conflicts
• Causes of conflict and violence·
• Secession and autonomy in the international system
• Key characteristics of socialist federations and their impact on post-communist conflicts
• Analysis and comparison of case studies from the former Yugoslavia and the FSU
• Discussion of the issue of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of EU enlargement

Students have to complete and pass a specified number of module tasks as well as submit and pass one research assignment (essay of 2,500 words).