6. Peace and Development

This concentration will explore the relationships among conflict, peace-building strategies and development, with an emphasis on the ways in which development efforts can address the distinctive problems of post-conflict societies and help avert the escalation of societal conflicts into civil war or international clashes. The following courses satisfy the requirements for this concentration:
The New Political Anthropology
Migrants and Refugees
International Humanitarian Law: Peacekeeping
Human Rights Law
Post Cold War Intervention
The Problem of Sovereignty
Politics of Reconstruction and Reparation
War, Peace, and Revolution
Issues in International Development
Sustainable Development

     Co-Directors:
     Frederick L. Ahearn, Jr. (National Catholic School of Social Service)  Karla W. Simon (Columbus School of Law)

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