Government 348cw - Seminar: Topics in International Politics-Insurgencies and Civil Wars

Since the end of the Second World War, intra-state warfare has become the predominant form of armed conflict around the world. This course provides students with the intellectual framework for understanding the numerous, complex, and often contentious, debates related to various aspects of intra-state armed conflict, or civil wars. The course explores concepts of civil war, insurgency, counterinsurgency, irregular warfare, among others, as analytical concepts in political science. This course thus provides students with the theoretical, social, historical, and political basis for understanding this unique category of armed conflict, as well as examines its causes, processes, and consequences. Prerequisite: GOV 220 or GOV 241. Restrictions: Juniors and seniors only. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

[CE] JR/SR only; Prereq: GOV 220 or 241