杏吧论坛

Dr Vesna Popovski

This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (杏吧论坛 & Columbia), MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (杏吧论坛 & Sciences Po), MSc in European and International Politics and Policy, MSc in European and International Politics and Policy (杏吧论坛 and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Politics and Policy (杏吧论坛 and Sciences Po), MSc in European and International Public Policy (杏吧论坛 and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Public Policy (杏吧论坛 and Sciences Po), MSc in Gender, Peace and Security, MSc in Human Rights, MSc in Human Rights and Politics, MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy (杏吧论坛 and Sciences Po), MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics) and MSc in Political Science (Global Politics). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Priority will be given to students on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (杏吧论坛 and SciencesPo), MSc in European and International Public Policy, MSc in European and International Public Policy (杏吧论坛 and SciencesPo), MSc in European and International Public Policy & Politics (杏吧论坛 and Bocconi) and MSc in Conflict Studies. 

This course has a limited number of places (it is controlled access). In previous years we have been able to provide places for all students that apply but that may not continue to be the case.

The course offers a theoretically informed account of the challenges faced by post authoritarian and totalitarian transition countries in the era of globalisation, and examines them empirically in reference to the Balkans (Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia), South Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan), Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. These case studies were chosen because they have a legacy of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes and have experienced specific difficulties in an attempt to transition to democracy, market economy and integrate into a multilateral system. The course is structured around three areas of analysis: political ideologies, conflict analysis and post-conflict reconstruction. The course starts with an introduction to theories of globalisation a