Ethnic Conflicts And Resolution

1. Grasp the concepts and meaning of ethnic conflict
2. Appreciate the imperatives of conflict resolution and responses to ethnic conflict
3. Discuss the elements of ethnic identity and applications of ethnicity in Africa
4. Comprehend the complexities associated with the manipulation of ethnicity
5. Predict and recommend ways of responding to ethnic conflicts

13 weeks, about 26 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Ethnicity: An Introduction

   • Unit 1: Ethnicity · 2 hours

     Define ethnicity and its key characteristics. Discuss the salience of ethnicity in various contexts. Analyze the political, economic, and social applications of ethnicity. Examine ethnic identity formation in Africa.

2. Week 2Module 1: Ethnicity: An Introduction

   • Unit 2: Conceptual Issues · 2 hours

     Explore conceptual issues related to ethnicity, including identity, minority, and relative deprivation. Analyze ethnicity as a contested concept. Discuss the fluidity of ethnic identity and its implications.

3. Week 3Module 1: Ethnicity: An Introduction

   • Unit 3: Ethnicity, Citizenship and Nationalism · 2 hours

     Examine the relationship between ethnicity, citizenship, and nationalism. Discuss insider/outsider perspectives on ethnicity. Analyze the dynamics of ethnicity and group interactions.

4. Week 4Module 1: Ethnicity: An Introduction

   • Unit 4: Ethnicity and Integration: Case Studies from Africa and Beyond · 2 hours

     Analyze ethnic integration in post-colonial African societies. Discuss the manipulation of ethnicity and its impact on national integration. Evaluate ethnicity as both an engine of and a threat to national integration. Examine case studies from Africa and beyond.

5. Week 5Module 2: Ethnicity in the Context of Conflict

   • Unit 1: Salience of Ethnicity · 2 hours

     Discuss the salience of ethnicity in intergroup relations. Examine the concepts of ancestry, affect, kinship, culture, and language in relation to ethnicity.

6. Week 6Module 2: Ethnicity in the Context of Conflict

   • Unit 2: Ethnicity and Conflict · 2 hours

     Analyze the relationship between ethnicity and conflict. Differentiate between ethnicity and race. Discuss ethno-national conflict and approaches to understanding ethnic conflict. Examine the causes of ethnic conflict and case studies such as South Africa.

7. Week 7Module 2: Ethnicity in the Context of Conflict

   • Unit 3: Ethnicity as conflict generating factors in sociopolitical interactions · 2 hours

     Examine the nature of ethnicity as a conflict-generating factor in socio-political interactions. Discuss ethnicity and nationality. Analyze racial discrimination and its justifications. Explore discrimination and the rights of women in America.

8. Week 8Module 2: Ethnicity in the Context of Conflict

   • Unit 4: Colonialism and Ethnic Identity formation in Africa · 2 hours

     Analyze the colonial roots of ethnicity. Discuss colonialism and ethnicity in Africa. Examine colonialism and independence movements. Evaluate the impact of colonialism on civil society.

9. Week 9Module 2: Ethnicity in the Context of Conflict

   • Unit 5: Theoretical Explanations of Ethnicity · 2 hours

     Explore theoretical explanations of ethnicity, including functionalism, relative deprivation, primordialism, constructivism, and instrumentalism. Apply these theories to understand ethnic conflicts in Africa.

10. Week 10Module 3: Ethnicity, Identity and Insurgency

    • Unit 1: Ethnicity as Identity · 2 hours

      Examine the relationship between ethnicity and identity. Discuss identity formation processes. Analyze the role of language, class, and religion in shaping ethnic identity. Explore the impact of ethnic identity on intergroup relations.

11. Week 11Module 3: Ethnicity, Identity and Insurgency

    • Unit 2: Insurgency · 2 hours

      Define insurgency and its key characteristics. Discuss different types and strategies of insurgency, including guerrilla war, terrorism, civil war, and revolution.

12. Week 12Module 3: Ethnicity, Identity and Insurgency

    • Unit 3: Ethnic Insurgency and Society · 2 hours

      Analyze the nature of ethnic insurgency. Discuss the social, economic, and political effects of ethnic insurgency. Examine neighborhood effects and case studies of ethnic insurgency.

13. Week 13Module 3: Ethnicity, Identity and Insurgency

    • Unit 4: Crime, Attitudes, Trauma and Defection in Ethnic Insurgency · 2 hours

      Examine the concepts of crime, attitudes, trauma, and defection in ethnic insurgency. Discuss trauma and its impact on attitudes to conflict. Analyze ethnic defection and explanations for defection during ethnic insurgencies.