Security and Development: Stages of Analysis and Intervention
Code: 41714 ECTS Credits: 15| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313800 International Relations, Security and Development | OT | 0 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Alessandro Demurtas
- Email:
- alessandro.demurtas@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- Ana Ayuso Pozo
- Carlos Daniel Martin Faus
- Maria Claudia Jimenez Franco
External teachers
- Andrea Costafreda
- Laia Serra
Prerequisites
The same requirements for the master's degree are requested. Additional bibliography will be offered by the coordinator to students who request it or to students that, according to the coordinator, need additional help.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objectives are:
- Become familiar with the approaches, theories, concepts and practical instruments realted to international security, development, conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
- Get a deep understanding of the various concepts, theoretical models and methodological and practical instruments existing in the fields of study of security, conflict resolution and development.
- Know and be able to apply and critically evaluate the theory and practice of human development, conflict resolution and human security.
- Acquire the necessary knowledge to prepare intervention proposals on the main aspects related to security, development, peacebuilding and development cooperation policies and strategies.
The module specifically aims for students to become familiar with:
(a) The general framework of the post-Cold War system, in terms of agenda, actors, concepts, dynamics, and instruments of analysis and intervention, based on the convergence of the security and development agendas.
(b) The main concepts, approaches, policies, strategies and existing instruments in the field of security studies and conflict analysis and conflict resolution methods, with particular emphasis on peacebuilding.
(c) The main concepts, approaches, policies, strategies and existing instruments in the field of development studies and practice and development cooperation, as well as related issues such as trade, environment and human rights.
(d) The main intervention tools and instruments used in development cooperation, conflict analysis, prevention of violent behavior and peacebuilding in general and in a particular region.
Competences
- Analyse, synthesise, organise and plan projects and assignments related to the area of study.
- Apply the necessary methodological instruments for systematic and rigorous analysis of international relations (observation, comparison, formulation of hypotheses, etc.), and intervention tools (policy and strategy making, planning, negotiation and mediation techniques, etc.).
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Make a diagnosis of security and development problems in the proposed countries, regions and areas of the international system, and offer useful advice for decision-making based on the diagnosis.
- Seek out information in the scientific literature, skilfully handling specialised documentary and bibliographic sources on international relations, and integrate this information to formulate and contextualise a research topic.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse, synthesise, organise and plan projects and assignments related to the area of study.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously
- Formulate guidelines for intervention in security and development, especially in peacemaking, based on different theoretical perspectives.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Seek out information in the scientific literature, skilfully handling specialised documentary and bibliographic sources on international relations, and integrate this information to formulate and contextualise a research topic.
- Write reports, academic articles or proposals for intervention on particular security and development issues.
Content
Module 1. Conceptual and contextual framework: the post-cold war framework, agendas, actors and the concepts and instruments in security and development studies (sessions 1 to 4)
Module 2. The security and development agenda from the perspective of North-South relations (sessions 5 to 8)
Module 3. Practical class on the securitization theory (session 9). Development and the international development cooperation system and international human rights law: concepts, approaches, policies and strategies, intervention instruments (sessions 10 to 16)
Module 4. Instruments and policies for intervention in the security and development areas: security strategies, peace-making, cooperation for development and peacebuilding (sessions 17 to 19)
Methodology
Methodology combines traditional lectures and the use of the academic material available on the virtual campus.
Each class will preferably be dedicated to a specific topic within each block and will have specific readings available to students on the virtual campus.
A presentation or a guide will be offered per module or session/sessions.
At least half an hour of each session will be dedicated to commenting on the texts, with scheduled contributions and other spontaneous ones.
Only exceptionally will there be dossiers on paper. All the material will be available in the virtual campus.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Expositions | 75 | 3 | 1, 4, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Practical assignments and activities | 112 | 4.48 | 5, 2 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Study activities at home | 188 | 7.52 | 1, 6, 7 |
Assessment
The grade, the final responsibility of Professor Demurtas, will consist of:
1. Class attendance and participation: 10% of the final grade
2. Partial exam on the compulsory readings of the module: 25% of the final grade
3. Individual work on the securitization theory: 25% of the final grade
4. Individual final exam in class: 40% of the final grade
The individual final exam will include all the mandatory readings and topics covered during the course.
To pass the course, students must take the three compulsory tests/exams and obtain a minimum final grade of 5 out of 10.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance and participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 4, 2, 3 |
| Final exam | 40% | 0 | 0 | 1, 6, 7, 4, 5, 2 |
| Mid-term exam | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 7, 4, 5, 2, 3 |
| Paper on securitization theory | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 6, 7, 5, 2 |
Bibliography
Teachers will provide all the mandatory and recommended bibliography to the students on the virtual campus.
General books
Peter Hough, International Security Studies: Theory and Practice, Routledge, 2020, II ed, 508 pp.
Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, Jaap de Wilde, Security: A New Framework for Analysis, Boulder, Lynne Rienner, 1998.
Johan Galtung, Peace by peaceful means. Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization, Londres, Sage, 1996 (al menos los apartados I y II y las conclusiones).
Rafael Grasa, Cincuenta años de evolución de la investigación para la paz. Tendencias y propuestas para observar, investigar y actuar, Barcelona, Oficina de Promoció de la Pau i dels Drets Humans (Generalitat de Catalunya), 2010.
Books about conflict resolution
The Arbinger Institute, The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, Paperback, 2022, IV ed.
Peter Wallensteen, Understanding Conflict Resolution. War, Peace and the Global System, Sage, 2002.
H. Miall, O. Ramsbotham, T. Woodhouse, La resolución de conflictos. La prevención, gestión y transformación de conflictos letales, Barcelona, Bellaterra/ICP, 2011
J. Baylis, J. Wart, E.Cohen, C. S. Gray, Strategy in the Contemporary World. An Introducion to Strategic Studies, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002.
M. Kaldor, New & Old Wars. Organized Violence in a Global Era, Londres, Polity Press, 1999.
A. Rapoport, Peace, An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1992
Books about development and cooperation for development
Kaul, I. (1999) "In search of a new paradigm of international development co-operation", Development, Vol, 42, nº 3.
López, G.A. y Molina de la Torre, I. (2000), Introducción a la solidaridad internacional: La cooperación para el desarrollo, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid.
Preston, P.W. (1997) Development Theory. An Introduction, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford pp.245-246.
Stewart, F. (1999), “Aid in the 21st century: Reconciling the real and the desirable", Development, Vol, 42, nº 3.
Books focused on the capability approach, empowerment, gender and microfinance
Berger, I. (1989) “Giving Women Credit: the strengths and limitations of credit as a tool for alleviating poverty”, World Development, 17(7), pp.1017-1032.
Crocker, D. (1995) “Functioning and Capability: the Foundations of Sen’s and Nussbaum’s Development Ethic, Part 2” a Nussbaum, N. i Glover, J. (eds.) Women, Culture and Development. A study of human capabilities, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp.153-198.
Francis, E. (2000) Rural Livelihoods and Gender, mimeo, pp.110-111.
Goetz, A.M. i Sen Gupta, R. (1996) “Who Takes the Credit? Gender, Power, and Control over Loan Use in Rural Credit Programs in Bangladesh” a World Development, 24(1), pp.45-63.
Moser, C. O. (1994) Gender, Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training, Routledge, London, capítol 4, pp.55-79.
Sen, A.K. (1999) Development as Freedom, Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York.
Sen, A.K. (1995a) Nuevo examen de la desigualdad, Alianza Editorial, Madrid.
Sen, A.K. (1990a) “Development as Capability Expansion” a K. Griffin i Knoghts, J. (eds.) Human Development and the International Strategy for the 1990s, MacMillan, London.
Sen, A.K. (1990b), “Gender and cooperative conflicts” a Tinker, I. (ed.) Persistent Inequalities. Women and World Development.
Sen, A.K. (1990c), “Justicia: medios contra libertades”, a Sen, A.K. (1998) Bienestar, Justicia y mercado, Paidós / ICE UAB, Barcelona.
Sen, A.K. (1985) “El bienestar, la condición de ser agente y la libertad. Conferencias ‘Dewey’ de 1984”, a Sen, A.K. (1998) Bienestar, Justicia y mercado, Paidós / ICE UAB, Barcelona.
Software
Indicative calendar of classes, subject to modifications
OCTOBER
1. Alessandro Demurtas: presentation of the course and the syllabus, general overview of the contents and explanation of the evaluation system (3 hours class)
2. Alessandro Demurtas (mandatory readings 1)
3. Alessandro Demurtas (mandatory readings 2)
4. Alessandro Demurtas (mandatory readings 3)
5. Laia Serra
6. Laia Serra
NOVEMBER
7. Laia Serra
8. Laia Serra
9. Alessandro Demurtas: mid-term exam in class (25% of the final grade)
10. Rafael Grasa
11. Rafael Grasa
12. Rafael Grasa
13. Claudia Jiménez (International trade and WTO)
14. Barbara Díaz (International legal protection of human rights)
DECEMBER
15. Alessandro Demurtas: practical class about the securitization theory (25% of the final grade)
16. Anna Ayuso
17. Anna Ayuso
18. Carlos Martín
JANUARY
19. Alessandro Demurtas
20. Final exam in class: 40% of the final grade