POLS213

Special Topic: Modern Conflict: Modern Stateless Warfare

15 points

Not offered 2018, offered in 2011, 2012

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences

Description

This course focuses on insurgent stateless warfare in its guerrilla and terrorist modes and in its nationalist, maoist and postmaoist phases of modernisation. Insurgency is compared with states' warfare and with criminality and then insurgents' motive, means and opportunity are analysed from social-science, military and environmental perspectives.

Prerequisites

15 points in POLS at 100-level for one course; 30 points in POLS at 100-level for two or more courses. Students not meeting the prerequisites but with at least a B average in 60 points in appropriate courses may be admitted to take Political Science courses at the 200-level with the approval of the Programme Director.