Dear Students, Welcome to the module Political and Social Thoughts!
We are Dr. Rainer Schmidt and Mr. Janvier Murenzi, your instructors. This is the home for exercising to depth exposure to a broad range of issues, concepts and orientations in Political thought and Social thought. The module comes to grip with substantive issues and methods of explanation, and their applicability to concrete processes on the ground.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AIMS AND CONTENT
1) To familiarize the student with the historical background to contemporary African politics.
2) To acquaint the student with a cross-section of academic theories and concepts that are often used to characterize contemporary African politics.
3) To acquaint the student with the social economic factors that affect contemporary African politics.
4) To build in the student the habit to contextualize African politics in national, regional, continental and global contexts.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AIMS AND CONTENT
This module explores the major themes and debates concerning the relationship between human rights, conflict, and development in a globalized world. Students will be introduced to basic ideas, concepts, and theories of human rights; strategies and institutional mechanisms for protecting human rights; and critical issues and debates, particularly those concerning the human rights - development – peace building interface.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AIMS AND CONTENT
» To introduce to student an understanding of basic ideas, concepts, and theories of International conflicts
» To enable student to think systematically and analytically about international conflicts and conflicts resolution mechanisms; and apply these mechanisms in their surrounding environment;
» To enable student to understand collaborative approaches to international conflicts and models and theories of international conflicts resolution;
» To equip students with the instruments they need for geopolitical analysis of international conflicts;
» To familiarize students with the ways in which conflicts can be prevented or peacefully resolved, including advocacy, negotiation, reconciliation and mediation.