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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 618 - Political Economy of Violent Conflict

3 Credit(s)

Description:
This course examines the Political Economy of Violent Conflict with a focus on low and middle income countries over the last 3 decades. Particular attention will be given to the theories and causes of war, the ways wars are waged, resource conflicts, financing of wars, the effect of war on the economy, conflict resolution, and post-conflict reconstruction and nation building. This course seeks to combine theoretical debates with country case studies as a way to illustrate the diversity of experiences and complexity of understanding conflict.

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