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How can we design, build and sustain 'democracies' in places that have been engaged in sustained conflict? We will explore societies torn apart by political violence and ethnic conflict. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Building Democracies from Conflict - Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design programme.

Overview

Key facts

London School of Economics and Political Science's Building Democracies from Conflict - Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design main purpose is to diagnose the central problems, and examine what political responses are most appropriate using multiple case studies.

The first part of the course mostly looks at the problems. We begin with an examination of Iraq as an example of armed intervention and regime change. Themes include the politics of intervention, mass violence, constitution building and power-sharing, and the rise (and fall?) of Islamic State. More generally we will examine the micro-foundations of nationalism, grievances and conflict. Since the end of the cold war, almost all wars are ‘civil wars’ so we will consider what causes civil wars, what sustains them, why some last much longer than others, and how do they end? There will also be a focus on the strategies of terrorism and suicide terrorism.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Intervention and Institutional Engineering
What is Conflict About?
Civil Wars
Terrorism
Simulation and Role Play
Power-Sharing and Constitutional Design

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 33 days

Start dates & application deadlines

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Language

English

Credits

7 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Political Science View 61 other Short Courses in Political Science in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

This course is aimed at students who wish to explore the central problems in building democracy after conflict. It is especially well suited to you if you are targeting a career in research, policy development, mediation or government.

Tuition Fee

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International

2950 GBP/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2950 GBP for the full programme during 33 days.
National

2950 GBP/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2950 GBP for the full programme during 33 days.

Student rate: £2,950
Standard rate: £3,950

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Building Democracies from Conflict - Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design