BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| MEDICINE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| POL2346 | Conflict Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course offers an overview of different definitions, perspectives, actors, and tools in conflict management. Examining the history and development of contending approaches to conflict and peace, their basic assumptions and methodologies and their application to current conflict situations, the course aims to understand why and how conflicts emerge, escalate, and are transformed. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define basic concepts and approaches of conflict management; 2. Differentiate between peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding; 3. Grasp the historical evolution of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law; 4. Evaluate the effectiveness of various conflict management practices at the state, non-state and organizational levels; 5. Develop competencies with respect to active inquiry and critical thinking. |
Course Content
| Introduction to conflict management; sources of conflict; escalation of conflict; conflict prevention; conflict mitigation; peacekeeping; peacemaking; reconstruction and peacebuilding; reconciliation; institutionalization; gender issues; case study. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to Conflict Management | • Ramsbotham et. al. "Introduction to Conflict Resolution”, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-mymUJRULs (10 conflicts to watch in 2022) |
| 2) | Sources of Conflict | • Mitchell, “Compulsion & Formation”, 2014. • Smith, Trends and Causes of Armed Conflict, 2004. • Avruch and Black, “The Culture Question and Conflict Resolution”, 1991. • Agbiboa, “Peace at Daggers Drawn? Boko Haram", 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_qXlLGX8k (The causes of war and conditions of peace by Dr. David Cortright) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlglQFGY64 (Why we go to war? by Noam Chomsky) |
| 3) | Escalation of Conflict | • Mitchell, “Perpetuation”, 2014. • Sørensen and Johansen, “Nonviolent Conflict Escalation”, 2016. • Shain, “The Role of Diasporas in Conflict Perpetuation or Resolution”, 2002. • Moon and Suh, “Historical Analogy and Demonization of Others", 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iHfSR3_zIs (Diaspora mobilisation during conflicts: Armenian, Albanian and Palestinian diasporas compared) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJdErHQGEHM (Mahatma Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and others during the Salt Satyagraha (Salt March), April 1930) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGWkPBpMaY (Serbia: The Legacy of Otpor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVu9eawb1QY (Greenpeace: Inspiring Action) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2att1HJqH2o (Pussy Riot sentenced for Putin protest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIPmvoHWPFU (China & Japan: History of tensions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKblujiRyk (Why is Russia invading Ukraine?) |
| 4) | Conflict Prevention | • Mitchell, “Prevention”, 2014. • Ackermann, “The Idea and Practice of Conflict Prevention”, 2003. • Eralp and Beriker, “Assessing the Conflict Resolution Potential of the EU", 2005. • Clubb, “From Terrorists to Peacekeepers: The IRA", 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83fUUEqA9g (What is conflict prevention?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OceStgzIHc (Preventing conflict, making peace) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4hlnZFdClA (Iran: The impact of conflict prevention) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMA6QyuhrsU (Nicosia: The world's last divided capital) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82edi9VJrn8 (Brexit, dissidents and the Irish border) |
| 5) | Conflict Mitigation | • Mitchell, “Mitigation”, 2014. • Tir and Stinnett, “Weathering Climate Change: Can Institutions Mitigate International Water Conflict?” 2012. • Dukalskis, “Why Do Some Insurgent Groups Agree to Ceasefires While Others Do Not?", 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-K4rlz8mo (Conflict mitigation in informal settlements: Kenya Tuna Uwezo Program) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CgvK0J5ww (Somali youth participation in conflict mitigation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04axDDRVy_o (The “ethnic cleansing” of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, explained) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdizU0arrJ0 (Nile River dispute) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rqjz6qXRo (Mekong Transboundary Dialogue) |
| 6) | WRAP UP AND Q&A MIDTERM EXAM | |
| 7) | Containing Conflict: Peacekeeping | • Mitchell, “Termination I: Stopping the Violence”, 2014. • Diehl, “With the Best of Intentions: Lessons from UNOSOM I and II”, 1996. • Howe, “Lessons of Liberia: ECOMOG and Regional Peacekeeping”, 1996/97. • Karlsrud, “The UN at War: Examining the Consequences of Peace-enforcement Mandates", 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2xOe22dwi4 (Peacekeeping, peacemaking, peacebuilding) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJULAN7-so (UN Peacekeeping: Challenges from the field today and tomorrow) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONdAkDZTUI (Why wealthy "peacekeeping nations" are rejecting UN missions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUAEegImXY (Patrolling the lawless Sahara Desert with The Blue Helmets) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-2uMYBSL68 (Under the Blue Helmet: Life as a UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBEERS2JvuU (China’s growing role in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa) |
| 8) | Ending Conflict: Peacemaking | • Mitchell, “Termination II: Addressing the Issues”, 2014. • Bercovitch and Jackson, “Negotiation or Mediation?", 2011. • Lundgren, “Mediation in Syria", 2016. • Böhmelt, “The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third-party Interventions”, 2010. • Alonso, “Why Do Terrorists Stop? Analyzing Why ETA Members Abandon or Continue", 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ziw8ojM7g (Track II Diplomacy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyV7mAdnwYk (Track I.5 Diplomacy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrC30Tlsf2I (International Peace Summit: Resolving conflicts through mediation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZNH49ujKcw (Brief history of ETA & peacemaking efforts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhBqx2clQd4 (The art of peacemaking: Can women solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?) |
| 9) | Post-conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding | • Ramsbotham et. al. "Postwar Reconstruction”, 2016. • Baxter and Ikobwa, “Peace Education", 2005. • Tom, “Building a Liberal Peace in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone”, 2017. • Linabary, Krishna et al., “The Conflict Family: Storytelling as an Activity and a Method", 2016. • Chandler, “The Twenty Years’ Crisis”, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHaMoUZv4_A (Peacebuilding starts small) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKcKTIUkXY (UN to stand behind Sierra Leone peacebuilding efforts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI_WP2Hijz0 (The future of peacebuilding: Lessons from Afghanistan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEevCiQM4o (Politics of reconstruction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cid9OiYUIOU&t=52s (Rethinking gender in peacebuilding) |
| 10) | Post-conflict Reconciliation | • Mitchell, “Reconciliation", 2014. • Mutua, “Never Again: Questioning the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals”, 1997. • Rafferty, “Engaging with the Violent Past in Northern Ireland”, 2017. • Hassauna, “Spaces for Dialogue in a Segregated Landscape: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”, 2016. • Schliesser, “The Politics of Reconciliation in Post-genocide Rwanda”, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajmN6zQrGE (Rwanda’s gacaca courts questioned 10 years on) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HhGu5kwJg (Genocide’s legacy: A reconciliation village in Rwanda) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCR9N8v9XY (Two decades after peace pact, reconciliation still lags in Northern Ireland) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBP_O6OhlCc&t=53s (What does a "Jerusalem Hug" look like?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYMOLj3mSM (Jews, Muslims and Christians form "peace circle" in Jerusalem) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P15U1sXJ5xM (Establishment of Peace and Conflict Studies for Reconciliation in Iraq) |
| 11) | Institutionalization | • Mitchell, “Institutionalization”, 2014. • Fixdal and Smith, “Humanitarian Intervention and Just War”, 1998. • Plessis and Pete, “Who Guards the Guards? The ICC and Serious Crimes Committed by the UN Peacekeepers", 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBovmGZSPU (Michael Walzer on Just War Theory) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8qPyCrrsM (ICC - I) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7fOtThE6E (ICC - II) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDQepfY3igM (ICC - III) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjD95gmn87c (ICC - IV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBSP3GCLNQo (ICC - V) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxhyGQpdVME (Does the ICC target African states?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kup8zyxks (Will the ICC probe into Palestinian Territories achieve anything?) |
| 12) | Gender Issues | • Ramsbotham et. al. "Gender and Conflict Resolution”, 2016. • O'Reilly, "Contextualising Gendered Agency in War and Peace”, 2018. • Parashar, “Gender, Jihad, and Jingoism", 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI2AZdl-2O8 (Gender analysis of conflict: Why is it important?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaukupIWOL0 (The importance of women in peace processes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ps1eiGL_6Y (Women at the negotiating table: The missing piece in peacebuilding) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhFLJJPWT9M (Gender dynamics in conflict-affected Middle East and North African countries) |
| 13) | Vaka Çalışması: Dağlık Karabağ Anlaşmazlığı | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKoxiCE_ozE (Armenia-Azerbaijan | The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict explained) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNyh1VDrVlQ (The Nagorno-Karabakh disputed region: old conflict and new players) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GUncACmm8s (The gendered face of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict) |
| 14) | Review |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Weekly readings will be uploaded on ItsLearning at the beginning of the semester. Please note that all book chapters and articles listed on the syllabus are also accessible through the BAU Library. The PPT files will be shared on ItsLearning following each class. ----- Haftalık ders okumalarının tamamı, dönem başında ItsLearning’e yüklenir. Ders izlencesinde yer alan tüm kitap bölümleri ve makalelere BAU Kütüphanesi’nden de erişilebilir. PowerPoint dosyaları, hafta bazında ve işlenen ders sonrasında ItsLearning’e yüklenir. |
| References: | Youtube videos on related subjects. ---- İşlenen konularla ilgili Youtube videoları. |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Quizzes | 2 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 102 |
| Quizzes | 2 | 1 |
| Midterms | 1 | 1.5 |
| Final | 1 | 1.5 |
| Total Workload | 148 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Integrates the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired from basic and clinical medical sciences, behavioral sciences and social sciences, and uses them in health service delivery. | |
| 2) | In patient management, shows a biopsychosocial approach that takes into account the socio-demographic and sociocultural background of the individual, regardless of language, religion, race and gender. | |
| 3) | In the provision of health services, prioritizes the protection and development of the health of individuals and society. | |
| 4) | Taking into account the individual, societal, social and environmental factors affecting health; does the necessary work to maintain and improve the state of health. | |
| 5) | By recognizing the characteristics, needs and expectations of the target audience, provides health education to healthy/sick individuals and their relatives and other healthcare professionals. | |
| 6) | Shows a safe, rational and effective approach in health service delivery, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes. | |
| 7) | Performs invasive and/or non-invasive procedures in diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes in a safe and effective way for the patient. | |
| 8) | Provides health services by considering patient and employee health and safety. | |
| 9) | In the provision of health services, takes into account the changes in the physical and socioeconomic environment on a regional and global scale, as well as the changes in the individual characteristics and behaviors of the people who apply to it. | |
| 10) | Takes good medical practice into account while carrying out his/her profession. | |
| 11) | Fulfills its duties and obligations within the framework of ethical principles, rights and legal responsibilities required by its profession. | |
| 12) | Demonstrates decisive behavior in providing high-quality health care, taking into account the integrity of the patient. | |
| 13) | Evaluates his/her performance in his/her professional practice by considering his/her emotions and cognitive characteristics. | |
| 14) | Advocates improving the provision of health services by considering the concepts of social reliability and social responsibility for the protection and development of public health. | |
| 15) | Can plan and carry out service delivery, training and consultancy processes related to individual and community health in cooperation with all components for the protection and development of health. | |
| 16) | Evaluates the impact of health policies and practices on individual and community health indicators and advocates increasing the quality of health services. | |
| 17) | The physician attaches importance to the protection of his/her own physical, mental and social health, and does what is necessary for this | |
| 18) | Shows exemplary behavior and leads the healthcare team during service delivery. | |
| 19) | Uses resources cost-effectively, for the benefit of society and in accordance with the legislation, in the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of health services in the health institution he/she is the manager of. | |
| 20) | Establishes positive communication within the health team it serves and assumes different team roles when necessary. | |
| 21) | Is aware of the duties and responsibilities of the health workers in the health team and acts accordingly. | |
| 22) | In the professional practices, works in harmony and effectively with the colleagues and other professional groups. | |
| 23) | Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives, healthcare professionals, other professional groups, institutions and organizations. | |
| 24) | Communicates effectively with individuals and groups that require a special approach and have different socio-cultural characteristics. | |
| 25) | In the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes, shows a patient-centered approach that associates the patient with the decision-making mechanisms. | |
| 26) | Plans and implements scientific research, when necessary, for the population it serves, and uses the results and/or the results of other research for the benefit of the society. | |
| 27) | Reaches and critically evaluates current literature knowledge about his/her profession. | |
| 28) | Applies the principles of evidence-based medicine in clinical decision making. | |
| 29) | Uses information technologies to increase the effectiveness of its work on health care, research and education. | |
| 30) | Effectively manages individual work processes and career development. | |
| 31) | Demonstrates skills in acquiring and evaluating new knowledge, integrating it with existing knowledge, applying it to professional situations and adapting to changing conditions throughout professional life. | |
| 32) | Selects the right learning resources to improve the quality of the health service it offers, organizes its own learning process |