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Management of Humanitarian Programs and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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Course ID:	WSM.INP-ISDDU-39
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Management of Humanitarian Programs and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Name in Polish:	Management of Humanitarian Programs and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Organizational unit:	Centre for International Studies and Development
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	English

Classes in period "2023/2024 summer semester" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-26 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH WYK FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 20 hours more information
Coordinators:	Aleksandra Zdeb
Group instructors:	Aleksandra Zdeb
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading
Goals of education:	This course aims at providing students with basic knowledge of post-conflict reconstruction processes and humanitarian aid. It gives them comprehensive understanding of notions like peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and state building. Consequently, the post-conflict reconstruction literature becomes the necessary background to the topic of humanitarian aid in post-conflict settings. The course allows students not only to understand the history and structure of humanitarian aid but also gives them tools to critically assess its effectiveness and ethical components.
Learning outcomes of a component:	LO 1. Knowledge of basic terms and theories regarding post-conflict reconstruction and humanitarian aid LO 2. Knowledge of actors, organizations and institutions involved in humanitarian interventions and post conflict reconstruction LO 3. Gaining practical information concerning implementation of programs in selected case studies LO 4.The students should understand what are the factors and challenges influencing effectiveness of humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction LO 5. The students should gain critical knowledge concerning the involvement of the third sector. LO 6. The students should gain critical knowledge regarding ethical aspects of humanitarian aid and its future.
Conditions of gaining credit:	Class Participation Written exam
Assessment methods and criteria for this course:	Class Participation - 30% Class attendance and contribution to class discussion are mandatory Written exam - 70% Open books essay 2500 words/24h addressing a critical issue discussed during the class
Learning activities and teaching methods - thesaurus:	Demonstrating methods - film e-learning Expository methods – description Expository methods – explanation or clarification Expository methods – formal lecture Expository methods – multimedia presentation Problem-solving methods – discussion Problem-solving methods – participatory methods - discussion Problem-solving methods – participatory methods – case study Problem-solving methods – participatory methods – games (simulations, decision-making,psychological)
Learning activities and teaching methods:	1. Informative lecture 2. Multi - media sources and presentations 3. Discussions on chosen topics 4. Description of case studies
ECTS estimate:	3 ECTS lecture - 20 hours preparation for the exam - 40 hours analysis of the assigned literature - 30 hours
Syllabus of the course for students commencing study programme from 19/20 academic year or later:	(in Polish) International Security and Development, studia stacjonarne drugiego stopnia, rok 2
Short description:	This course aims at providing students with basic knowledge of post-conflict reconstruction processes and humanitarian aid. It gives them comprehensive understanding of notions like peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and state building. Consequently, the post-conflict reconstruction literature becomes the necessary background to the topic of humanitarian aid in post-conflict settings. The course allows students not only to understand the history and structure of humanitarian aid but also gives them tools to critically assess its effectiveness and ethical components.
Full description:	1. INTRODUCTION – ELEMENTARY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS 2. PEACEKEEPING, PEACEBUILDING AND INERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT Roland Paris. 2002. “International peacebuilding and the ‘mission civilisatrice’”, Review of International Studies, 28, 637-656. Kristoffer Lidén. 2011. Peace, self- governance and international engagement. From neo- colonial to post- colonial peacebuilding, In. Rethinking the Liberal Peace External models and local alternatives, Edited by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Routledge. Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding Edited by Roger Mac Ginty, chapters 2 & 3 3. FROM STATE FAILURE TO STATE BUILDING Michael Wesley. 2008. “The State of the Art on the Art of State Building”, Global Governance, 14, 369-385. Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk. 2009. Introduction. Understanding the contradictions of postwar statebuilding, In. The Dilemmas of Statebuilding Confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations, Edited by Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk, Routledge. Julien Barbara. 2008. “Rethinking Neo-Liberal State Building: Building Post-Conflict Development States,” Development in Practice, 18(3), 307-318. 4. PEACEMAKER GAME http://www.peacemakergame.com/about.php 5. STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN CONFLICTS (YEMEN) Bente Hvbensen, Astri Suhrke and Gro Tjore, Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict: A-State-of-the-An Report, Chr. Michelsen Institute 1998, pp. 17-30 Claudia McGoldrick, The state of conflicts today: Can humanitarian action adapt?, International Review of the Red Cross (2015), 97 (900), 1179–1208 Jon B. Alterman, Aid and Conflict: Pitfalls in Yemen, CSIS Briefs 2018 Ann Marie Kimball & Aisha Jumaan (2020) Yemen: the challenge of delivering aid in an active conflict zone, Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 5:1, 65-70 6. ROLE OF THE THIRD SECTOR (AFGHANISTAN) Daniela Irrera. 2001. “Civil Society and Humanitarian Action: NGOs’ Roles in Peace Support Operations.” Perspectives, 19(1). Patrice McMahon. 2017. The NGO Game: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in the Balkans and Beyond, Cornell University Press, Introduction Simon Cottle and David Nolan. 2009. “How the media’s codes and rules influence the ways NGOs work.” (November 16, 2009). 7. THE CORRUPTION PARADIGM. HUMANITARIAN AID AND VIOLENT CONFLICT AS TWO VARIABLES Jonas Lindberg & Camilla Orjuela (2014) Corruption in the aftermath of war: an introduction, Third World Quarterly, 35:5, 723-736, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2014.921421 Philippe Le Billon. 2008. “Corrupting Peace? Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Corruption,” International Peacekeeping, 15 (3): 344-361. Page 13 of 13 Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance Final Research Report, https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/1836.pdf 8. CHOSEN CASE STUDIES OF HUMANITARIAN AID: RWANDA, KOSOVO, ETHIOPIA Andy Storey, Non-Neutral Humanitarianism: NGOs and the Rwanda Crisis, Development in Practice , Nov., 1997, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 384-394 Toby Porter, The partiality of humanitarian assistance – Kosovo in comparative perspective, 2000, The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/8/9/tigray-aid-response-hit-by-suspensions-blockade https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/7/22/Ethiopian-government-accuses-aid-Tigray-rebels-disinformation Philip Gourevitc, 2010, Alms Dealers. Can you provide humanitarian aid without facilitating conflict? The New Yorker 9. EFFECTIVENESS AND CONSEQUENCES OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN CONFLICT ZONES Nielsen, Richard A., Michael G. Findley, Zachary S. Davis, Tara Candland, and Daniel L. Nielson. 2011. Foreign Aid Shocks as a Cause of Violent Armed Conflict, American Journal of Political Science 55(2): 219-32. Lisa Chauvet, Paul Collier, Marguerite Duponchel, What Explains Aid Project Success in Post-Conflict Situations? Policy Research Working Paper 2010 Julian Donaubauer, Dierk Herzer & Peter Nunnenkamp. 2019. The Effectiveness of Aid under Post-Conflict Conditions: A Sector-Specific Analysis, The Journal of Development Studies, 55:4, 720-736, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1400013 10. CRITIQUE OF HUMANITARIAN AID AND ASSISTANCE. WHERE TO WITH HUMANITARIANISM? J. Sachs, The Case for Aid, 2014 The New Humaniarian, Aid policy trends to watch in 2022/2023 United Nations OCHA, 2020, Six trends that will shape the future of humanitarian action Riddell, R. (2007). Does foreign aid really work? Oxford, Oxford University Press, chapter 6. Easterly, William. 2006. The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. New York: Penguin Press, chs.1 (“Planners Versus Searchers”) and 2(“The Legend of the Big Push”), pp. 3-59
Bibliography:	SUGGESTED BOOKS Moore, Jonathan (ed). 1998. Hard Choices, Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention. Maryland: Rawman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Patrice McMahon. 2017. The NGO Game: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in the Balkans and Beyond, Cornell University Press. Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss (eds.) 2008. Humanitarianism in Question. Politics, Power, Ethics, Cornell University Press. Janne Haaland Matlary. 2006. Values and Weapons. From Humanitarian Intervention to Regime Change? Palgrave Macmillan. Arjan de Haan. How the Aid Industry Works: An Introduction to International Development. (Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press, 2009). J. Pattison,2012. Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsi-bility To Protect: Who Should Intervene?, Oxford University Press.

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