Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
6108IRP-SEP-MTP
Aims
To understand different forms of organised political violence
To engage traditional and critical theories of international security
To understand the role of states and nonstate actors in organised political violence
Learning Outcomes
1.
Generate a specific analysis of world politics through critical security theories applicable to real-world events.
2.
Critically reflect upon how the political sociology of war, genocide, and terror impacts domestic and international politics.
3.
Demonstrate mastery of critical analytic skills through the ability to explain political violence to a non-specialist audience.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Topics discussed could include:
• What is political violence: theories and concepts
• Organised violence in law: laws of war, genocide, and terror
• The UN and international security
• The evolution of warfare (mechanisation and aviation)
• Degenerate war and collateral damage
• New Wars, Old Wars
• Colonialism, war, and genocide
• Genocide throughout human history
• The state as agent of terror
• The Global War on Terror
Additional Information:This module uses research-led teaching to build students’ understandings of organised political violence, specifically war, genocide, and terrorism. It situates political violence along a continuum that blurs the boundaries between discrete forms, and invites students to make sense of violence in historical and political contexts. It will provide students an opportunity to present their learning in the final assessment through the use of podcasts, rather than traditional in-class presentations.