Syllabus Insurgency, Terrorism, and Civil War - 58390 Last update 07-11-2016 HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: international relations Academic year: 0 Semester: 1st Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Devorah Manekin Coordinator Email: d.manekin@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 Teaching Staff: Dr. Devorah Sarah Manekin page 1 / 6
Course/Module description: This course focuses on internal conflicts, the most prevalent form of political violence today. We will discuss explanations for conflict onset, conflict dynamics, and conflict termination. We will examine the strategies of non-state armed groups and the ways in which states respond to their challenges. The course is organized thematically, but we will survey a variety of conflicts through course readings. Course/Module aims: 1. To learn the main topics and research in the area of internal conflict; 2. To analyze and critique concepts and theories regarding such conflicts; 3. To improve the ability to read and understand social science literature 4. To better understand different methods for academic research about conflict, the difference between these methods and other forms of writing (e.g. journalism, NGO reports), and the strengths and limitations of different methods. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students who successfully complete this course should be able to (1) distinguish between different definitions for insurgency, terrorism, and civil war (3) better understand why and when internal conflicts break out, and what causes their dynamics to vary (4) identify and critically analyze different methodologies in social science Attendance requirements(%): 90% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture + active discussion in class Course/Module Content: Part I: Introduction and concepts 1. Introduction 2. Concepts - civil wars 3. Concepts - insurgency and terrorism 4. Method - how will we study internal conflict? Part II: Civil war onset 5. Greed or grievances? 6. Natural resources 7. Ethnic conflict 8. Back to grievances page 2 / 6
9. Civil war duration Part III: Conflict dynamics 10. Who fights? 11. Insurgent organization 12. Civilians during insurgency 13. Counterinsurgency 14. Patterns of violence a: selective vs. indiscriminate violence 15. Patterns of violence b: organization and discipline 16. Patterns of violence c: sexual violence 17. Patterns of violence d: extra-lethal violence Part IV: Terrorism 18. Terrorism: external aspects 19. Terrorism: internal aspects 20. Effectiveness 21. Policy implications Part V: Conflict termination 22. Conflict outcomes 23. Conflict's aftermath 24. The Syrian Civil War 25. Review and conclusion Required Reading: 1. Introduction 2. Concepts - Civil Wars Kalyvas, Stathis. 2006. The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 16-19. Sambanis, Nicholas. What Is Civil War? Conceptual and Empirical Complexities of an Operational Definition. The Journal of Conflict Resolution 48, no. 6 (December 2004): 814-831, skim the rest. 3. Definitions: Terrorism and Insurgency Hoffman, Bruce. 2006. Inside Terrorism. New York: Columbia University Press. Chapter 1: Defining Terrorism Moghadam, Assaf, Ronit Berger, and Polina Beliakova. 2014. Say Terrorist, Think Insurgent: Labeling and Analyzing Contemporary Terrorist Actors, Perspectives on Terrorism 8(5) 4. How will we study internal conflict? page 3 / 6
Kalyvas, Stathis. 2006. The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge.University Press. pp. 32-51 5. Greed or grievances? Collier, Paul, and Anke Hoeffler. Greed and Grievance in Civil War. Oxford Economic Papers 56, no. 4 (October 2004): 563-595 6. Resources Ross, Michael. 2004. How Do Natural Resources Influence Civil War? Evidence from Thirteen Cases, International Organization 58(1): 35-67. 7. Ethnicity Fearon, James D. and David D. Laitin. Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War. The American Political Science Review 97, no. 1 (February 2003): 75-90. 8. Back to grievances Cederman, Lars-Erik, Nils Weidmann and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnonationalist Civil War: A Global Comparison. American Political Science Review 105, no. 3 (August 2011): 478-495. 9. Civil war duration James D. Fearon. 2004. Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer than Others? Journal of Peace Research, 41:3, 275-301 10. Who fights? Wood, Elisabeth. 2003. Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-30. 11. Organization of insurgency Weinstein, Jeremy. Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), Introduction and Chapter 1. Parkinson, Sarah Elizabeth. 2013. Organizing Rebellion: Rethinking High-Risk Mobilization and Social Networks in War. American Political Science Review 107 (03): 418432. 12. Civilians in conflict page 4 / 6
Stathis N. Kalyvas & Matthew A. Kocher. 2007. How Free is Free-Riding in Civil Wars? Violence, Insurgency, and the Collective Action Problem. World Politics 59:2, 177-216. 13. Counterinsurgency Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey A. Friedman, and Jacob N. Shapiro, Testing the Surge: Why Did Violence Decline in Iraq in 2007? International Security 37, no. 1 (Summer 2012): 7-40. 14. Violence patterns A Kalyvas, Stathis. 2006. The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 7, pp. 173-209. 15. Violence patterns B Humphreys, Macartan and Jeremy Weinstein. Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War, American Political Science Review 100, no. 3 (August 2006): 429-447. OR Manekin, Devorah. 2013. Violence Against Civilians in the Second Intifada The Moderating Effect of Armed Group Structure on Opportunistic Violence. Comparative Political Studies: 46(10) 1273-1300. 16. Violence patterns C Cohen, Dara Kay. 2013. Explaining Rape During Civil War: Cross-national Evidence, American Political Science Review 107(3): 461-477. 17. Violence patterns D Fujii, Lee Ann. 2013. The Puzzle of Extra-Lethal Violence. Perspectives on Politics 11, no. 02: 410-26. 18. Terrorism: external aspects Kydd, Andrew and Barbara Walter. 2006. The Strategies of Terrorism, International Security 31(1): 49-80. 19. Terrorism: internal aspects Pearlman, Wendy. Spoiling Inside and Out: Internal Political Contestation and the Middle East Peace Process. International Security 33, no. 3 (Winter 2008/2009): 79109. 20. Effectiveness Gould, Eric D. and Esteban F. Klor. 2010. Does Terrorism Work? The Quarterly Journal of Economics (November 2010): 1459-1510. page 5 / 6
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) 21. Policy implications Mueller, John. 2005. Six Rather Unusual Propositions about Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence 17(4): 487-505 And ONE of the following: Betts, Richard, Daniel Byman, and Martha Crenshaw. 2005. Comments on John Muellers Six Rather Unusual Propositions about Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence 17(4): 507-521. 22. Conflict outcomes Lyall, Jason, and Isaiah Wilson III. Rage against the Machines: Explaining Outcomes in Counterinsurgency Wars. International Organization 63, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 67-106. Staniland, Paul. States, Insurgents, and Wartime Political Orders. Perspectives on Politics (June 2012). 23. Conflict's aftermath Wood, Elisabeth Jean. 2008. The Social Processes of Civil War: The Wartime Transformation of Social Networks. Annual Review of Political Science 11(1): 539-561. 24. The Syrian Civil War: Readings TBD Additional Reading Material: See course website Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 45 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 25 % Project work 0 % Assignments 30 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: The full and final syllabus can be found on the course website. page 6 / 6