| Jan 14 |
Intro to the class |
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| Jan 16 |
Introduction to the study of civil wars |
Collier, "What Fuels Civil Wars?" |
| Jan 18 |
Science (and how to read it) |
Van Evera, 7-48 |
| Jan 21 |
MLK Day |
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| Jan 23 |
Hypotheses about civil wars |
No reading |
| Jan 25 |
Commitment problems (Notes 1, Notes2) |
Fearon, "Rationalist Explanations for War" |
| Jan 28 |
Economic Causes |
Collier and Hoeffler, "On Economic Causes of Civil War" |
| Jan 30 |
Greed vs. Grievance |
Ted Gurr, "Psychological Factors in Civil Violence" |
| Feb 1 |
Ethnicity |
Sambanis, "Do Ethnic and Non-ethnic Civil Wars Have the Same Causes?" |
| Feb 4 |
Insurgency |
Fearon and Laitin, "Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil Wars" |
| Feb 6 |
New Civil Wars? |
Kalyvas, "New and Old Civil Wars" |
| Feb 8 |
Termination |
Licklidder Chapters 1 and 2 |
| Feb 11 |
Intervention and termination |
Walter and Snyder Introduction and Chapter 1 |
| Feb 13 |
Transitions from civil wars |
Walter and Snyder Chapter 2 |
| Feb 15 |
Stalemates |
Mason and Fett, "How Do Civil Wars End?" |
| Feb 18 |
Population transfers |
Walter and Snyder chapter 7 |
| Feb 20 |
Prepare for mid-term |
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| Feb 22 |
Mid-term |
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| Feb 25 |
Zimbabwe |
Licklidder Chapter 6 |
| Feb 27 |
US |
Licklidder Chapter 7 |
| Feb 29 |
Comparison Brief #1 |
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Mar 3
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Bosnia and Herz. |
Walter and Snyder Chapter 3 |
| Mar 5 |
Somalia |
Walter and Snyder Chapter 5 |
| Mar 7 |
Comparison Brief #2 |
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| Mar 10 |
Rwanda |
Walter and Snyder Chapter 4 |
| Mar 12 |
Cambodia |
Walter and Snyder Chapter 6 |
| Mar 14 |
Comparison Brief #3 |
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| Mar 17 |
The Sudan |
Licklidder Chapter 4 |
| Mar 19 |
Nigeria |
Licklidder Chapter 8 |
| Mar 21 |
Comparison Brief #4 |
You only have to read the PREFACE |
| Mar 24-28 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| Mar 31 |
Iraq |
Fearon, "Iraq's Civil War" (connect through CU/VPN) |
| Apr 2 |
Iraq |
Wimmer, "Democracy and Ethno-religious Conflict in Iraq" |
| Apr 4 |
Liberalization |
Paris Chapters 1 and 2 |
| Apr 7 |
Liberalization |
Paris Chapters 3 and 4 |
| Apr 9 |
Liberalization |
Paris Chapters 5 and 6 |
| Apr 11 |
Liberalization |
Paris Chapters 7 and 8 |
| Apr 14 |
Liberalization |
Paris Chapters 9 and 10 |
| Apr 16 |
Liberalization |
Paris Chapters 11 and Conclusion |
| Apr 18 |
Rwanda |
Gourevitch 15-100 |
| Apr 21 |
Rwanda |
Gourevitch 101-184 |
| Apr 23 |
Rwanda |
Gourevitch 185-274 |
| Apr 25 |
Rwanda |
Gourevitch 277-353 |
| Apr 28 |
Final Paper Due |
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