DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
INSTRUCTOR: BRAIMAH AWAISU IMURANA
POLI 358: CONFLICT AND
SOCIETY IN AFRICA
CLASS TIMES: EVERY
FRIDAY@7:30am – 9:30am.
OFFICE HOURS: Mon. 3:00pm -5:00pm.
VENUE: JQB Room 14 OFFICE:
ROOM 7, DEPT. OF POL. SC.
COURSE OUTLINE AND READING
LIST
SECOND SEMESTER 2013/2014
Course Description:
The African
continent has experienced several lethal social conflicts that have affected
both the socio-economic development and human resource based of the continent.
The course focuses on the structure and effects of conflicts: refugees, internally
displaced persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable groups such as women, children,
the aged, food security and their like. The themes to explore will include
basic concepts of conflict studies, overview of African conflicts, theoretical
perspectives of conflict in African societies, conflict and its ramifications
on the vulnerable in society, internal and external causes of instability
across African continent and ways of addressing these problems to ensure
sustainable development.
Course Requirement: It is mandatory for all students to
read the assigned texts/materials before attending lectures. This is to enable
students to contribute/participate effectively in class discussion. Lecture
notes may be given where necessary.
NB: There
are compulsory readings for all students who have signed for this course. These
readings would be made available at the general office of the department of
political science.
Mode of Examination: Students would be required to
submit a project work/assignment or take a mid-semester examination with a
corresponding value of 30% in the
course of the semester. Students will also answer series of questions in the
form of fill in blanks and an essay at the end of the semester for 70%.
Introduction: Basic concepts of conflict studies,
what is conflict? Parties to a conflict, conflict analyses etc.
Security in Sub-Sahara Africa: An Overview.
Mazrui, Ali A. (2008). Conflict in Africa. An Overview in
Nhema, A. and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (eds). The
Roots of African Conflicts: The Causes and Costs. Unisa Press, Pretoria.
Montville, J. V. (1991). Conflict and Peacemaking in
Multiethnic Societies. Maxwell Macmillan
International. Chap. 1 pp 1-20.
Quincy Wright (1990). The Nature of Conflict in Burton, J.
and Frank Dukes (eds). Conflict: Readings in Management and Resolution.
Macmillan Press Ltd. Pp. 15-33
Zeleza, P. T. (2008). The Causes and Costs of War in Africa:
From Liberation Struggles to the “War on
Terror”. Unisa Press, Pretoria.
Theoretical
Perspectives of Conflict and Society in Africa
Azar, E. (1990). The Management of Protracted Social
Conflicts: Theory and Cases. Aldershot. Danmouth.
Gurr, T. R. (1991). Theories of Political Violence and
Revolution in the Third World in Deng, Francis and William Zartman (eds). Conflict Resolution in Africa. The
Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.
Ritzer, George (2000). Modern Sociological Theory.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Pp. 107-134.
Steiner, J. (1991). Theories of Power-Sharing and Conflict
Management in Montville, Joseph V. Conflict
and Peacemaking in Multiethnic Societies. Maxwell Macmillan International.
Pp.107-114.
Tishkov, V. E. (1996). Ethnic Conflicts in the Context of
Social Science Theories in Rupensingbe, K. and Valery A. Tishkov (eds). Ethnicity and Power in Contemporary World.
United Nations University Press. Pp. 52-67.
Conflict and its impact
on the vulnerable in Society (women, children, food security, refugees,
internal displaced persons, human rights issues, the aged, the youth, poverty
and food security policies etc).
Ball, N. (1190). The Effect of Conflict on the Economies of
Third World Countries in Deng, Francis M. and William Zartman (eds). Conflict Resolution in Africa.
Washington D.C.
Copson, R.W.(1994). Africa’s
Wars and Prospects for Peace, Armonk, New York. Ch. 1
Crisp, J. et’al (1997). The State of the World’s Refugees: A
Humanitarian Agenda
Fondo, S. (2008). Conflicts and Implications: for poverty and
food security policies in Africa in Nhema, A. and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (eds).
The Roots of African Conflicts: The Causes and Costs. Unisa Press. Pretoria.
Urdang, S. (1979). Fighting
Two Colonialisms: Women in Guinea-Bissau. New York Monthly Review.
White, A. M.(2008). Fanon and the African Woman Combatant: Updating Fanon’s Psychological Perspectives on Anti-Colonial and
Postcolonial Wars in Nhema Alfred and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (eds), The Roots of African Conflicts: The Causes
and Cost. Unisa Press, Pretoria.
Internal and External Factors
of Instability in African Societies
Abbink, Jon and Ineke Van Kessel (eds) 2005. Vanguard or
Vandals: Youth, Politics, and Conflict
in Africa. Boston. MA: Brill.
Adebajo, Adekeye and Chandra L. S. (eds) 2001. Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st
Century. London. Frank Cass.
Al-Rodhan, Nayef R.E. and Sara Kuepfer (2007). Stability of
States: The Nexus between Transnational Threats, Globalization and Internal
Resilience. Slatkine, Geneve.
Azar, E. and C. I. Moon 1986. “Managing Protracted Social
Conflicts in the Third World: Facilitation and Development Diplomacy”. Millennium
Journal of International Studies.15 (3): 393-406.
Walzer, M (1977). Just and Unjust Wars. Basic Books Inc., Publishers, New York.
Conflicts of Identity:
The UN in the Horn of Africa
Adam, H.M. “Somalia, Militarism, Warlordism or Democracy?”
Review of African Political Economy 54
(1992): 18-26
Adebajo, A. (2011). UN Peacekeeping In Africa: From the
Suez Crisis to the Sudan Conflicts Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 171 - 226
Rothchild, D. and Caroline Hartzel (1993). The Peace Process
in the Sudan, 1971-1972 in Licklider, Roy (ed). Stopping the Killing: How Civil Wars End. New York University
Press. Pp. 63-93.
O’Connel, J. (1993), The Ending of the Nigerian Civil War:
Victory, Defeat, and the Changing of Coalitions in Licklider, R. (ed). Stopping the Killing: How Civil Wars
End. New York University Press. Pp. 189-203.
Waterman, H. (1993). Political Order and the “Settlement” of
Civil Wars in Licklider, R. (ed). Stopping
the Killing: How Civil Wars End. New York University Press. Pp. 292-302
Armed conflict
prevention, management and resolution in African societies - Role of the AU/ECOWAS.
Al-Rodhan, Nayef R.F. (2006). The Geopolitical and
Geosecurity Implications of Globalization. Slatkine, Geneve.
Boafo-Arthur, K. (2004). The Quest for National
Reconciliation in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects in Boafo-Arthur, K. (ed). Voting for Democracy in Ghana: the 2004
elections in perspective.
Thematic Studies Vol. 1. Freedom Publications, Legon, Accra.
Burton, J. and Frank Dukes (1990). Conflict: Practices in
Management, Settlement and Resolution. New York, St. Martin’s Press.
Burton, J. and Frank Dukes (1990). Conflict: Readings in
Management and Resolution. The Macmillan Press Ltd.
Foltz, W. J. (1991). The Organization of African Unity and
the Resolution of Africa’s Conflicts in Deng, F. M. and William Zartman (eds). Conflict Resolution in Africa. The
Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C.
Rupensingbe, K. (1996). Governance and Conflict Resolution in
Multiethnic Societies in Rupensingbe, K. and Valery A. Tishkov (eds). Ethnicity
and Power in the Contemporary World. United Nations University Press. Pp.
10-22.
Tom Lodge, (1990). Perspectives on Conflict Resolution in
South Africa in Deng, Francis M. and William Zartman (eds). Conflict Resolution in Africa. The
Brookings Institution, Washington D.C
Course Review and
Conclusions
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