KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE COURSE PROPOSAL OR REVISION,
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Course Number/Program Name INCM 9430/International Conflict Management
Department College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree Title (if applicable) Ph.D. in International Conflict Management
Proposed Effective Date Fall 2010
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Course Prefix and Number INCM 9430_____________________________
Course Title Post-Agreement Reconstruction
Credit Hours 3-0-3
Prerequisites INCM 9001, 9002 and 9003
Description (or Proposed Degree Requirements)
This course provides an opportunity to examine emerging research on the
impact of peace agreements on the conflict process. Of particular interest
will be the role for development economics, including programs to
alleviate poverty like micro-credit, as well as the corruption of prospects
for sustaining the ceasefire and building peace. External and internal
influences are studied, such as donor fatigue, media attention, civic
education, and the reintegration of participants of the conflict into civil
society. Students will compare conflict mitigation processes and assess
their effectiveness for the context in which they were utilized.
III.
Justification
Post Construction Research will compare conflict mitigation processes and assess
their effectiveness for the context in which they were utilized. Examining and reconstructing agreements post their effective date plays a substantial role in
conflict resolution. The intent of an elective is to allow students to have maximum
flexibility in the selection of courses to build skills and knowledge needed in their
dissertation work.
IV.
Additional Information (for New Courses only)
Instructor: Maia Hallward, Ph.D.
Text:
Prerequisites: INCM 9001, 9002 and 9003
Objectives:
 Define concept of post-agreement reconstruction and related terms like state-building
 Discuss reasons why approximately 40% of all wars return to war within five years of
peace
 Compare and contrast approaches to making and keeping the “peace”
 Evaluate how to define and measure “success” in post-agreement reconstruction,
peacebuilding, state building efforts
 Identify key issues in conflict-affected contexts and discuss methods for addressing
them
 Apply course concepts to a case study by developing a conflict sensitive proposal for
reconstruction in a defined sector
 Knowledgeably participate in intellectual debate surrounding various models of postconflict transition and interventions in different sectors (eg security, elections,
economic development)
Instructional Method
-Class discussion
Method of Evaluation
-Case study, policy proposal, exam, and participation
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Funding Required Beyond
Normal Departmental Growth
The costs are included in the overall cost for
the new Ph.D. program and are not separate.
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INCM
9430
Post-Agreement Reconstruction
3-0-3
Fall 2010
Regular
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VII Attach Syllabus
INCM 9430: Post-Agreement Reconstruction
Ph.D. Program in International Conflict Management
Kennesaw State University
I. Professor Contact Information
Dr. Maia Hallward
Office: SO 5069
mhallwar@kennesaw.edu
678-797-2155
Dept of Political Science & Int’l Affairs
1000 Chastain Rd, MD 2205
Kennesaw, GA 30
II. Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions
INCM 9001, 9002 and 9003
III. Course Description
This course provides an opportunity to examine emerging research on the impact of peace agreements on the
conflict process. Of particular interest will be the role for development economics, including programs to alleviate
poverty like micro-credit, as well as the corruption of prospects for sustaining the ceasefire and building peace.
External and internal influences are studied, such as donor fatigue, media attention, civic education, and the
reintegration of participants of the conflict into civil society. Students will compare conflict mitigation processes
and assess their effectiveness for the context in which they were utilized.
IV. Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
 Define concept of post-agreement reconstruction and related terms like state-building
 Discuss reasons why approximately 40% of all wars return to war within five years of peace
 Compare and contrast approaches to making and keeping the “peace”
 Evaluate how to define and measure “success” in post-agreement reconstruction, peacebuilding, state
building efforts
 Identify key issues in conflict-affected contexts and discuss methods for addressing them
 Apply course concepts to a case study by developing a conflict sensitive proposal for reconstruction in a
defined sector
 Knowledgeably participate in intellectual debate surrounding various models of post-conflict transition and
interventions in different sectors (eg security, elections, economic development)
V. Textbooks and Materials
-Paris, Roland, and Timothy D. Sisk. 2009. The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the contradictions of
postwar peace operations. 1st ed. New York: Routledge.
-Dobbins, James et al. 2007. The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building. RAND Corporation. Available for free
download at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG557.pdf
-Rotberg, Robert, ed (2003). When States Fail: Causes and Consequences. Princeton University Press
-Extensive use will be made of organizational reports available online and academic articles available through
library databases and/or course GeorgiaView Vista site.
VI. Course Outline:
Week 1: Introduction and Definition of Terms
- Rotberg, Chapter 1. The Failure and Collapse of Nation-States
- Paris & Sisk, Ch. 1
- Dobbins, The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building. Foreword & Summary
Week 2: Approaches to Understanding and Addressing Conflict
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Dudouet, Veronique (2006). Transitions from Violence to Peace: Revisiting Analysis and Intervention
in Conflict Transformation. Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
http://www.berghof-center.org/uploads/download/br15e.pdf
Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) - Peacebuilding Initiative http://www.peacebuildinginitiative.org, “What is Peacebuilding?”
http://www.conflictsensitivity.org/node/8 - Read Chapter 1, from the Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to
Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: A Resource Pack.
McCandless, Erin, 2007, “Synopsis of Major concepts”, (85-105) in McCandless, Erin and Abdul
Karim Bangura, with Mary E. King and Ebrima Sall. Peace Research for Africa: Critical Essays on
Methodology. Geneva: UN University for Peace. http://www.africa.upeace.org/resources.cfm
Week 3: Conflict Assessment and Analysis
- USAID (2005). Conducting a Conflict Assessment: A Framework for Analysis and Program
Development. http://rmportal.net/library/content/tools/conflict-assessment-and-managementtools/higherlevel_conflictassmt/view
- Menkhaus, Ken (2004) “Impact Assessment in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding”. Interpeace.
http://www.interpeace.org/pdfs/Publications_%28Pdf%29/Current_Reports/Challenges_in_peacebuildi
ng_impact_assessment.pdf
- International Alert, et al, Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance
and Peacebuilding: A Resource Pack. Read Chapter 2. http://www.conflictsensitivity.org/node/8
Week 4: State building and Reconstruction: Definitions, Contexts, Challenges
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Rotberg, Chs. 3 & 7 (The Global-Local Politics of State Decay; Forming States after Failure);
Paris & Sisk, Ch 2: The peacebuilder’s contract: how external statebuilding reinforces weak statehood
Shepherd, Laura J. (June 2008 ). Power and Authority in the Production of United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1325. International Studies Quarterly 52:2 (p 383-404)
Patrick, Stewart. (2007).Failed States and Global Security: Empirical Questions and Policy Dilemmas.
International Studies Review 9:4, pp. 644-662.
Week 5: Frameworks and Actors involved in post-agreement reconstruction
- Paris & Sisk, Ch. 3: Understanding the ‘coordination problem’ in postwar statebuilding
- Dobbins, Ch.1 (Preparing for Nation-Building) and Ch. 5 (Humanitarian Relief)
- Karin von Hippel (2006). Consolidating Peace in Sudan: An Action Strategy. CSIS Report available at
http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/0603_sudanfinal2.pdf
- Roland Paris, “International Peacebuilding and the ‘mission civilisatrice’,” Review of International
Studies, 28 (2003), 637-656.
- Béatrice Pouligny, “Civil Society and Post-Conflict Peace Building: Ambiguities of International
Programs Aimed at Building ‘New Societies’,” Security Dialogue, 36:4 (December 2005), 495-510.
- Amy Scott, “The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: An Early Assessment”. Journal of
Peacebuilding and Development 4:2 (2008), pp. 7-19.
- Structuring Public Participation in Official Peace Processes. Afghanistan: Pathways to Peace. 3D
Security Briefing 4 (December 2009).
http://www.3dsecurity.org/sites/3dsecurity.org/files/P2P%20Structuring%20public%20processes.pdf
(browse around this section of the website)
Week 6: Governance and Participation
- Rotberg, Chs. 10-11 & 13 (Building Effective Trust; Civil Society and the Reconstruction of Failed
States; Transforming the Institutions of War: Elections and the Reconstruction of Failed States)
- Paris & Sisk, Chs. 8-9 (Postwar constitution building; Pathways of the political: electoral processes
after civil war)
- -Dobbins, James. 2007. The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building. RAND Corporation. Ch. 6.
(Governance) and Ch. 8 (Democratization)
Week 7: Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Rule of Law
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Rotberg, Ch. 9 (Establishing the Rule of Law)
RAND, Ch. 4, Rule of Law
Roman David & Susanne Choi (June 2006). Forgiveness and Transitional Justice in the Czech
Republic. Journal of Conflict Resolution 50:3, pp. 3390367
Kimberly Theidon (2006). Justice in Transition: The Micropolitics of Reconciliation in Postwar Peru.
Journal of Conflict Resolution 50:3, pp. 433-457
Marek Kiminski and Monika Nalepa (2006). Judging Transitional Justice: A New Criterion for
Evaluating Truth Revelations. Journal of Conflict Resolution 50:3, pp. 383-408.
Jay Vora and Erika Vora (2004). The Effectiveness of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation
Commission: Perceptions of Xhosa, Afrikaner and English South Africans. Journal of Black Studies
34:3, pp. 301-322.
Week 8: Security Sector Issues
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Fleischner et al (2009). Homebound Security: Migrant Support for Improved Public Security
Dobbins, James. 2007. The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building. RAND Corporation. Chapters 2
(Military) and 3 (Police)
Paris and Sisk, Chapter 4: Edelstein, David M. 2009. “Foreign Militaries, Sustainable Institutions, and
Postwar Statebuilding.” In The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar
Peace operations, eds. Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk. New York: Routledge, p. 81-103.
Paris and Sisk, Chapter 5: Avant, Deborah. 2009. “Making Peacemakers out of Spoilers: International
Organizations, Private Military Training, and Statebuilding After War.” In The Dilemmas of
Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace operations, eds. Roland Paris and
Timothy D. Sisk. New York: Routledge, p. 104-126.
Rotberg, Ch. 8 (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration)
Week 9 :Economic Development and Growth
- World Bank, 2005, “Toward a Conflict – Sensitive Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons from a
Retrospective Analysis”, Washington DC: World Bank. (Read Full report)
- Muscat, Robert, 2005, “Reviving Agriculture in the Aftermath of Violent Conflict”, JPD 2:2. * This is a
superb example of the application of a conflict/peace lens to sectoral policy. Rotberg, Ch. 12 (Restoring
Economic Functioning in Failed States) & Ch. 4 (The Economic Correlates of State Failure)
- Paris & Sisk Chs. 6-7 (Trajectories of Accumulation through War and Peace; The superficiality of
statebuilding Cambodia)
- Dobbins, Chs 7 & 9 (Economic Stabliization & Development)
- Kaysie Brown (2006). War Economies and Post-conflict Peacebuilding: Identifying a Weak Link. Journal
of Peacebuilding and Development 3:1, pp. 6-19
- Erin McCandless and Tyler Christie (2006). Beyond Sanctions: Evolving Integrated Strategies to Address
Natural Resource-based Challengges in Post-conflict Liberia. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
3:1, pp. 30-35.
Week 10: Case Study: Liberia (Civil War)
**MIDTERM DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS**
- Government of Liberia, Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2008. (Selections, Chapters 1, 2, 5, Annex 2, and
1 chapter closest to what you will focus on in your case)
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/policies/v.php?id=9357&cid=98
- McCandless, 2008 “Integrated Approaches to Peacebuilding in Transitional Settings: Lessons from
Liberia”, ISS Paper, South Africa: Institute for Security Studies.
http://www.issafrica.org/index.php?link_id=14&slink_id=5915&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_i
d=3
- World Bank, 2005, “Toward a Conflict – Sensitive Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons from a
Retrospective Analysis”, Washington DC: World Bank. (Read Executive Summary)
- http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&
menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000160016_200507141
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Week 11: Case Study: Afghanistan and Iraq (Foreign Military Intervention)
- Paris & Sisk, Ch. 10: The dangers of a tight embrace: externally assisted statebuildng in Afghanistan
- Christopher Cramer and Jonathan Goodhand, “Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better? War, the State and
the ‘Post-Conflict’ Challenge in Afghanistan,” in Jennifer Milliken, ed., State Failure, Collapse and
Reconstruction, 131-155.
- Toby Dodge, “Iraq: the Contradictions of Exogenous State-building in Historical Perspective, Third
World Quarterly, 27:1 (2006), 187-200.
- Shiza Shahid (2009). Engaging Regional Players in Afghanistan: Threats and Opportunities. Summary
Paper by CSIS Post Conflict Reconstruction Project.
http://csis.org/files/publication/091124_afghan_players_0.pdf
- Wolfram Lacher (2007). Iraq: Exception to, or Epitome of Contemporary Post-conflict
Reconstruction? International Peacekeeping 14:2, pp. 237-250.
- Valentine Moghadam (2005). Peacebuilding and Reconstruction with Women: Reflections on
Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. Development 48:3, pp. 63-72.
- Additional contemporary readings TBD From 3D Security and other sources
Week 12: Kosovo (Seeking autonomy)
- Paris & Sisk, Ch. 10: Dilemmas of Promoting Local Ownership: The Case of Postwar Kosovo
- World Bank Group Response to Post Conflict Reconstruction in Kosovo.
http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/eca/eca.nsf/d1e666886eb626e2852567d100165168/f1a77481d37665568
525688f0078955a?OpenDocument
- Jens Sorensen (2006). The Shadow Economy, War and State Building: Social Transformation and Restratification in an Illiberal Economy (Serbia and Kosovo). Journal of Contemporary European Studies
14:3, pp. 317-351.
- Oisin Tansey (2009). Kosovo: Independence and Tutelage. Journal of Democracy 20:2, pp. 153-166
- Niels van Willingen. 2009. EU Conflict Management and international administration in Bosnia &
Herzegovina and Kosovo. Paper presented at ISA convention 14-18 February 2009. Available for
download at:
http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/isa/isa09/index.php?click_key=1&PHPSESSID=171d784318
96dd901104b9c38ff1880f
- Lesley Abdela (2003). Kosovo: missed opportunities, lessons for the future. Development in Practice
13:2&3, pp 208-216.
- Jasmina Husanovic (2000). ‘Post-Conflict’ Kosovo: An Anatomy Lesson in the Ethics/Politics of
Human Rights. International Journal of Human Rights 4: ¾, pp. 263-281.
- Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(September 2009). Available at
http://www.unmikonline.org/UNMIKONLINE2009/misc/docs/unsg_rep_300909.pdf
Week 13: Challenges and Dilemmas in post-agreement reconstruction
- Paris & Sisk, Chs. 12-13 (Statebuilding after Afghanistan and Iraq; Confronting the Contradictions)
- Rotberg, Ch. 14 (Let them Fail: State Failure in Theory and Practice implications for policy)
- RAND, Ch. 10 (The Cost of Nation-Building)
Week 14: Student Presentations on Case Studies;
**FINAL CASE STUDY PAPERS DUE**
Week 15: Student Presentations on Case Studies
VII. Grading Policy
Grades will be calculated as follows:
Classroom Participation (25%) includes:
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Informed contribution to class discussions; constructive critique of readings
Day as ‘seminar leader’ with responsibility to open and guide class discussion (more directions to
come)
- Presentation of final case study findings
Mid-term exam (25%):
- Take home, essay style format focusing on the conceptual frameworks underpinning strategies for
post-agreement policy making and programming
Analytical case study and policy proposal (50%) includes:
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Conflict analysis (20%)
Literature review (on case and relevant approaches, at least 10 articles) (20%)
Analysis and critique of past/current practice/policy approaches (should address issues of conflict
sensitivity, etc) (30%)
- Recommendations for policy/practice approach (30%)
- More specific directions will be provided to the students early in the semester (20 pages)
The analytical case study and policy proposal (20 pages total) will require students to apply concepts from course
discussions and readings as well as conduct substantive original research on an approved topic. Students will be
expected to conduct a literature review that covers both the history and context of the particular case study selected
as well as the literature on the particular intervention and/or sector selected for study. Students will write a 6-8 page
literature review, followed by a critique of current approaches in their country and selected sector and a
recommendation for policy and practice that emerges from the literature review and the critique. Students should
demonstrate original thinking as well as practicality in devising their policy recommendations and should draft the
briefing as if they were going to try to “sell” it to the appropriate international or national agency. Students will
present their cases to the class at the end of the semester. Students will receive detailed instructions at the beginning
of the semester.
Grading scale: A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: < 60
VIII. Academic Integrity
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy
on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University
materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or
destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of
student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established
procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member,
resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's
minimum one semester suspension requirement.
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