INR 5934 Will H. Moore, Ph.D.

Summer 1998 Associate Professor

Bellamy 511, Tu Th 9:00-12:15 email: whmoore@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Office: Bellamy 541 WWW: http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~whmoore/

Office Hours: W 10-12 (or by apptmnt) Phone: 644-6924; Fax: 644-1367

Course Objective

This course was created to provide the student with a broad overview of ethnic conflict and international relations; third party interventions in civil wars; and state repression. We will focus on both theories that help us explain and understand these topics, and the policy implications of the theories. In addition, students will sharpen their analytic skills as well as their oral and written communications skills.

Evaluation

Students' grades will be assigned on the basis of their performance on two criteria: class participation and a paper.

Participation

This course is a seminar. Students are required to arrive to class having completed the reading and prepared to discuss it. Students will be called on and asked to respond to questions about the readings. Students are also required to contribute to discussion when they are not called upon. Participation will count for 50% of the course grade.

Paper

Students will also be required to complete a type-written paper. The paper will count for 50% of the course grade

Students pursuing an M.A. in the International Affairs program must select a policy question on which to write. The paper will recommend and justify a specific policy to be pursued. This policy paper may be written to a chief executive of a country, a military, an IGO, or an NGO. Students are required to consult with the Professor and get approval for their papers.

Students pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D. in political science are required to produce a research design that describes a project that they could carry out to do empirical inquiry. A useful discussion of what these types of papers look like can be found at . Students are required to consult with the Professor and get approval for their papers.

The paper must conform with the style described in the Style Manual for Political Science (APSA, 1993) which is for sale at the bookstore. Papers that do not conform to this style will be returned to the student and will not be accepted until they conform with the style. In addition, the papers must be typewritten (dot matrix is fine) and meet the following specifications:

* 8.5" x 11" white paper with 1" margins

* Pages must be numbered

* Text must be double spaced

* Your name, the date, and the course number must be on a title page

* The paper must be bound with 1 staple in the upper left hand corner (NO REPORT COVERS).

Papers that do not meet these specifications will not be accepted.

With respect to style, the papers must conform to the style outlined in the American Political Association Style Guide. For suggestions on writing papers, please see my tips on writing papers page on my WWW site (http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~whmoore/writpap.html).

Naturally, grammar, punctuation and spelling "count" in these papers--please run the spell check if you use a word processor. PLEASE make a copy of your paper (or print an extra one) and hang on to it. That way if it gets lost, you have a backup.

Readings

The following books have been ordered for purchase at the bookstore.

* Nye, Joseph S., Jr. 1997. Understanding International Conflicts, New York: Longman.

* Ganguly, Rajat and Raymond C. Taras. 1998. Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension, New York: Longman.

Additional readings will be made available for copying in a cardboard box in the hallway outside of my office.

Tu 12 May

No assigned reading.

Th 14 May

Nye, Joseph S., Jr. 1997. Understanding International Conflicts, New York: Longman.

Tu 19 May

Ganguly, Rajat and Raymond C. Taras. 1998. Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension, New York: Longman.

Th 21 May

Carment, David. 1993. "The International Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict: Concepts, Indicators, and Theory," Journal of Peace Research, 30:137-150.

Davis, David R. and Will H. Moore. 1997. "Ethnicity Matters: Transnational Ethnic Alliances and Foreign Policy Behavior," International Studies Quarterly, 41:171-184.

Lake, David A and Donald Rothchild 1998. "Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict," in D.A. Lake and D. Rothchild (eds.) Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement: The International Spread and Management of Ethnic Conflict, Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming.

Fearon, James D. "Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict," in D.A. Lake and D. Rothchild (eds.) Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement: The International Spread and Management of Ethnic Conflict, Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming.

Tu 26 May

Carment, David. 1994. "The Ethnic Dimension in World Politics: Theory, Policy and Early Warning," Third World Quarterly, 15:551-582.

Dorn, Walter. 1997. "Early and Late Warning of Acute Conflict by the UN Secretary-General," in S. Schmeidl and H. Adelman (eds.) Synergy in Early Warning: Conference Proceedings, Centre for International and Security Studies, University of Toronto.

Jentleson, Bruce J. 1998. "Preventive Diplomacy and Ethnic Conflict: Possible, Difficult, Necessary," in D.A. Lake and D. Rothchild (eds.) Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement: The International Spread and Management of Ethnic Conflict, Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming.

Gurr, Ted Robert and Will H. Moore. 1997. "Ethnopolitical Rebellion: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 1980s with Risk Assessments for the 1990s," American Journal of Political Science, 41:1079-1103.

Walter, Barbara F. 1997. "Designing Transitions from Violent Civil War," IGCC Policy Paper #31, Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California.

Th 28 May

Regan, Patrick M. 1998. Settling Civil Wars: Third Party Interventions and the Cessation of Hostilities, Binghamton University: unpublished manuscript.

Tu 2 June

Gurr, Ted Robert. 1997. People's versus States: Ethnopolitical Conflict at the End of the Twentieth Century, University of Maryland, unpublished manuscript.

Th 4 June

Fearon, James D. and David D. Laitin. 1996. "Explaining Interethnic Cooperation," American Political Science Review, 90:715-735.

Fearon, James D. and David D. Laitin. 1997. "A Cross-Sectional Study of Large-Scale Ethnic Violence in the Postwar Period," University of Chicago, unpublished manuscript.

Lindstrom, Ronny. 1997. "Overcoming the 'Large N' Problem in Intranational Ethnic Conflicts," paper presented at the annual meeting of American Political Science Association, Washington DC.

Tu 9 June

Cingranelli, David L. and Thomas Pasquerello. 1985. "Human Rights Practices and the Distribution of U.S. Foreign Aid to Latin American Countries," American Journal of Political Science, 29:539-563.

McCormick, James and Neil Mitchell. 1988. "Is U.S. Aid Really Linked to Human Rights in Latin America?," American Journal of Political Science, 32:231-239.

Regan, Patrick M. 1995. "U.S. Economic Aid and Political Repression: An Empirical Evaluation of U.S. Foreign Policy," Political Research Quarterly, 48:613-628.

Poe, Steven and Neal C. Tate. 1994. "Repression and Personal Integrity in the 1980s: A Global Analysis," American Political Science Review,

Th 11 June

Snyder, David. 1976. "Theoretical and Methodological Problems in the Analysis of Government Coercion and Collective Violence," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 4:277-294.

Davenport, Christian. 1995. "Multi-Dimensional Threat Perception and State Repression: An Inquiry Into Why States Apply Negative Sanctions," American Journal of Political Science, 39:683-713.

Davenport, Christian. 1996. "'Constitutional Promises' and Repressive Reality: A Cross-National Time-Series Investigation of Why Political and Civil Liberties are Suppressed," Journal of Politics, 58:627-654.

Henderson, Conway W. 1998. "Searching for Ethnicity's Role in Political Repression," University of South Carolina-Spartansburg, unpublished manuscript.

Tu 16 June

Moore, Will H. 1998. Dissent and Repression: Substitution Effects in Violent Political Conflict Behavior, The Florida State University, unpublished manuscript.

Th 18 June

Eyerman, Joseph. 1998. The Synthesis of Violence: The Role of Political Systems in the Production of International and Sub-national Political Violence, The Florida State University, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.