ASTK15397U COURSE: Ethnic Conflict

Week 1 - (160 pages)

Topic - Concepts of Ethnicity and Inter-Group Conflict

• Rothchild (1997), chapter 1, pp.1-24 (24 pages)

   

• Chandra (2006), “What is Ethnic Identity and Does it Matter?” (29 pages)

• Posner (2003), “The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Cleavages:” (21 pages)

• Sambanis (2001), “Do ethnic and non-ethnic civil wars have the same causes?” (46 pages)

• Vail (1989), Introduction to The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa (16 pages)

• Kasfir (1979), “Explaining Ethnic Political Participation” (24 pages)

SHORT FILM & Discussion – Na Wewe

Week 2 - (182 pages)

Topic – Group Demands, Internal State Regimes and Conflict Structuring

• Rothchild (1997), Chapters 2 and 3 (64 Pages)

• Cederman et al (2010), “Why Do Ethnic Groups Rebel? New Data and Analysis” (34 pages)

• Beissinger (2008),“A New Look at Ethnicity and Democratization,” (12 pages)

• Reynal-Querol (2002), “Ethnicity, Political Systems and Civil Wars” (26 pages)

   

• Reilly (2000/2001) “Democracy, Ethnic Fragmentation, and Internal Conflict” (25 pages)

• Lustick (1979), "Stability in Deeply Divided Societies” (21 pages)

   

   

  Week 3 - (82 pages)

  Topic –The Spread of Ethnic Conflict

• Koinova (2010), “Diasporas and Secessionist Conflicts” (25 pages)

• Lake and Rothchild (1996), “Containing Fear: The Origins and Management of Ethnic Conflict” (36 pages)

• Posen (1993), “The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict” (21 pages)

Week 4 – (56 pages)

Topic – Rwanda

• International Crisis Group (1999), “Five years after the genocide in Rwanda: Justice in question” (39 pages)

   

• Rwanda document #1 – Letter from General Dallair to UN headquarters (2 pages)

   

• Rwanda document #2 – US cautions using genocide language (4 pages)

   

• Rwanda document #3 – US Presidential Decision Directive 25 (4 pages)

   

• Rwanda document #4 – US Defense Intelligence Agency assessment (7 pages)

FILM: Ghosts of Rwanda

Week 6 – (131 of pages)

Topic - Darfur

• Kasfir (2005), “Sudan’s Darfur: Is It Genocide”

   

• Power (2004), “Dying in Darfur: Can the Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan Be Stopped?” (24 pages)

   

• Deng and Morrison (2001), “U.S. Policy to End Sudan’s War” (20 pages)

   

• International Crisis Group (2006), “To Save Darfur” (38 pages)

   

• International Crisis Group (2007), “Darfur’sNew Security Reality” (41 pages)

   

• International Crisis Group / Zogby Polls (2005), “Do Americans Care about Darfur?” (8 pages)

Week 7 – (316 pages)

Topic - International Efforts to Manage Ethnic Conflict

Self-Determination, Partition and Secession

• Winter and Baudewyns (2009), “Belgium: Towards the Breakdown of a Nation-State in the Heart of Europe?” (26 pages)

   

• Downes (2006), “More Borders, Less Conflict? Partition as a Solution to Ethnic Civil Wars” (13 pages)

   

• Sambanis (2000), “Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War” (47 pages)

   

  State Sovereignty and International Responsibility

   

• Evans and Sahnoun (2002), “The Responsibility to Protect” (12 pages)

   

  Third-Party Interrvention – Coercive and Noncoercive Incentives

   

• Rothchild (1997) chapters 4 and 9 (60 pages)

• Rothchild and Emmanuel (2010), “Soft Intervention in Africa” (22 pages)

   

  Peace Processes: Implementing Peace Agreements

   

• Rothchild (1997), chapters 5, 6 and 7 (102 pages)

   

• Coakely (2009), “Ethnic Conflict Resolution: Routes Towards Settlement” (23 pages)

   

• Licklider (1995), "The Consequences of Negotiated Settlements in Civil Wars, 1945-1993” (11 pages)