| CODE | DST5216 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Dissertation | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 30 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for the Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Taken in the last semester of master's students coursework, this study-unit assists students to developing their own approaches to conflict analysis and resolution by reviewing and integrating their prior course work. Lectures and discussions illustrate the most recent “cutting edge” developments in the field, both theoretical and practical. Students are expected to demonstrate a holistic comprehension of the field by writing a carefully researched dissertation of publishable quality about the causes, dynamics, and options for resolution of a particular social conflict of their own choosing. Their work on this project is closely supervised by a committee composed of faculty members, and concludes with a public defense of the dissertation. List of Required Text Books - Babbie, Earl. 1992. The Practice of Social Research. 6th edition, Chapter 4, “Research Design,” pp 88-112. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing - Cambria, Jack, Richard J. DeFilippo, Robert Louden and Hugh McGowan, “Negotiation Under Extreme Pressure: The ‘Mouth Marines’ and the Hostage Takers” in Negotiation Journal, Vol 18, No. 4, pp 331 - 344. - Cheldelin, Sandra, Daniel Druckman, Larissa Fast with Kevin Clements. 2008. Chapter 2, “Theory, Research, and Practice” pp 9‐34 in Cheldelin, et al., editors, Conflict, 2nd edition. New York: Continuum - Cheldelin, Sandra I. January 2006. “Engaging Law, Community, and Victims in Dialogue: From Conflict to Shared Understanding” in Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 22 No 1., pp 9 – 36 - Cheldelin. Sandra, Melanie Greenberg, Christopher Honeyman and Maria Volpe, October 2002, “An Experiment in ‘Practice to Theory’ in Conflict Resolution, guest editors, Negotiation Journal, Vol 18, No. 4, pp 301 - 304 - Cobb, Sara. 2008 Chapter 6, “Narrative Analysis” pp 97 - 119, in Cheldelin, et al., editors. Conflict, 2nd edition. New York: Continuum. - Druckman, Daniel. 2005 Chapter 1 “Why do Research? pp 3‐22, in Doing Research, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications - Hoffman, Bruce. 1998. Inside Terrorism, Chapter 1, “Defining Terrorism”, pp 13 – 44. New York: Columbia University Press. - Kraybill, Ron 2000. “Reflections on Twenty Years in Peacebuilding”, Chapter 2 in Sampson, Cynthia and John Paul Lederach, editors, From the Group Up: Mennonite Contributions to International Peacebuilding. New York: Oxford University Press, pp 30 – 44. |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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