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<h2>POLS 1824W</h2>
<h3>Political Violence<h3>
<p class="lead">Danilo Freire, Brown University, Fall 2019</p>
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<p class="lead">Repository: <a href="https://github.com/danilofreire/pols1824w"
target="_blank">https://github.com/danilofreire/pols1824w</a> </p>
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target="_blank">[email protected]</a>
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target="_blank">https://danilofreire.github.io</a> </p>
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<font size="4">This course explores the main debates on the causes and consequences of
political violence. We will focus on three major topics: civil wars, state-sponsored
violence, and terrorism. Since the end of World War II, domestic conflict has
largely outpaced international wars as the dominant type of violence. But what makes
civil wars so prevalent in recent years? What are the conditions under which a state
decides to attack its own citizens? Why some groups resort to terrorism while others
prefer nonviolent tactics?
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The class has three goals. First, students will become familiar with the literature
on political violence, its most important debates and recent findings. Second,
students should be able to evaluate research methods and critically assess distinct
theoretical approaches. Lastly, the course will develop the students' writing skills
by asking them to review academic articles and write a paper of their own by the
end of the semester.
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We will meet every Tuesday from 16:00 to 18:30 at <a
href="http://brown.edu/Facilities/Facilities_Management/maps/index.php#building/VGQUADA"
target="_blank">101 Thayer Street (VGQ 1st fl) 116B</a>. It is very important
that you read the assigned readings before class. Students are encouraged to engage
in critical discussions and are most welcome to express their views openly and
freely. I would suggest you to bring some notes to the class so that we can discuss
together the topics you find most interesting. Some of the texts make use of
statistical models and game theory, but don't be intimidated by them. Feel free to
skip the technical parts if they're too challenging and focus on the main ideas of
the readings.
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All information about the course will be available at <a
href="http://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w"
target="_blank">http://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w</a>. The syllabus will
be updated periodically according to the progress of the class. Please remember to
visit the website regularly.
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I am very flexible when it comes to office hours, but it is easier to contact me via
email. Feel free to send me a message any time at <a
href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>.
You can also meet me in the afternoon at my office. I am in the Political Theory
Project every weekday. My address is <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/8WhhyCNDHnw"
target="_blank">8 Fones Alley, first floor, office 114</a>. If possible, please
send me an email before coming to my office just to make sure two students will not
book the same time slot.
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<h3 id="community-standards">Community Standards</h3>
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Brown University is committed to full inclusion of all students. Please inform me
early in the term if you have a disability or other conditions that might require
accommodations or modification of any of these course procedures. You may speak with
me after class or during office hours. For more information, please contact <a
href="https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/support/accessibility-services/"
target="_blank">Student and Employee Accessibility Services</a> at 401-863-9588
or <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>. Students in
need of short-term academic advice or support can contact one of the deans in the
Dean of the College office.
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<h3 id="ell">English Language Learners</h3>
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Brown University welcomes students from around the country and the world, and the
unique perspectives international and multilingual students bring enrich the campus
community. To empower multilingual learners, an array of support is available
including language and culture workshops and individual appointments. For more
information about English Language Learning support at Brown, contact the ELL
Specialists at <a href="[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. No student
will be penalised for their command of the English language.
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<h3 id="academic-integrity">Academic Integrity</h3>
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Students will write three review reports and a longer essay for this course. All
writing should be your own work, and I take plagiarism very seriously. I am happy to
provide any help you may require with your lessons as long as you are committed to
the course. It is also important to cite other people's work whenever necessary, and
if in doubt, mention your sources.
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<h3 id="grading">Requirements and Grading</h3>
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The means of evaluation includes three components:
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<li><b>Participation: 15%.</b> Students should be active participants in the
course. Feel free to ask any question you may have, help others if you know
how, and make suggestions or comments you believe are interesting. I hope we
create a friendly, open environment for learning and students are the most
important part of it.</li>
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<li><b>Three Review Reports: 45%.</b> The reviews should be about 5 pages long.
Imagine you are a reviewer for a good academic journal and think of how you
could help the author improve the article. Are the arguments well developed
in the text? Is the research design plausible? What further examples could
the author include to strengthen his/her arguments? Try to provide as much
constructive criticism as possible. You don't need to summarise the paper,
just critically engage with it. You should write one paper for each section
of the course (civil wars, mass killings, and terrorism), but you're free to
choose any reading you prefer. The essays are due at the beginning of the
class and late assignments will not be eligible for an A. Each report will
account for 15% of your grade. </li>
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<li><b>Final Project: 40%.</b> In the final project, students will have the
opportunity to write a longer essay (about 20 pages) on a topic that
interests them. The essay should be related to the readings of the course,
but you are particularly encouraged to explore new ideas and use new data to
test your hypotheses. Each student has to write his/her own work
individually. First, students should submit a one-page summary of their
future essay. The instructor and two colleagues will review the paper
proposal and give the authors constructive feedback. Students will then
write a full article during the term. The deadline is the 17th of December.
</li>
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<p>We will not use a textbook in this course. Instead, we will read a number
of recent academic articles on our topics of interest. You probably have
access to the publications through Brown, but let me know if you cannot
find any of them. I will also include links to the book chapters
mentioned in the syllabus.</p>
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<h4 id="week01">Week 01</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>September 10:</b> Introduction and course overview. Long-term trends in armed conflict.
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<ul>
<li>Rosner, M. 2019. <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace" target="_blank">Our World in Data: War and Peace.</a> <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/terrorism" target="_blank">Our World in Data: Terrorism.</a> <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/genocides" target="_blank">Our World in Data: Genocides.</a></li>
<li>Pinker, S. 2013. <a href="http://sci-hub.tw/https://academic.oup.com/isr/article-abstract/15/3/396/1851344?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank">The Decline of War---The Main Issues</a>. <i>International Studies Review</i>, 15(3):397-399.</li>
<li>Cirillo, P. & and Taleb, N. 2015. <a href="https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pinker.pdf" target="_blank">The Decline of Violent Conflicts: What Do the Data Really Say?</a> Nobel Foundation Symposium 161: The Causes of Peace.</li>
<li>Gohdes, A. & Price, M. 2012. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022002712459708" target="_blank">First Things First: Assessing Data Quality before Model Quality.</a> <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i>, 57(6):1090-1108. </li>
<li>Lacina, B. & Gleditsch, N. 2012. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022002712459709" target="_blank">The Waning of War Is Real: A Response to Gohdes and Price.</a> <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i>, 57(6):1109-1127.</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week01/week01.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>.</li>
</ul> </ul>
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<h3>Part I: Civil Wars</h3>
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<h4 id="week02">Week 02</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>September 17:</b> Conceptual definitions, overview of the recent literature.</li>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Kalyvas, S. 2006. <i>The Logic of Violence in Civil War</i>. New York: Cambridge University Press. <a href="https://github.com/danilofreire/pols1824w/blob/master/readings/kalyvas2006chap1-2.pdf" target="_blank">Chapters 1 and 2.</a></li>
<li>Sambanis, N. 2004. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022002704269355" target="_blank">What Is Civil War? Conceptual and Empirical Complexities of an Operational Definition.</a> <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i>, 48(6):814-858 (<i>just skim the empirical section</i>). </li>
<li>Walter, B. 2017. <a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-polisci-060415-093921" target="_blank">The New New Civil Wars.</a> <i>The Annual Review of Political Science</i>, 20:469-486. </li>
<li>Cederman, L-E. & Vogt, M. 2017. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022002717721385" target="_blank">Dynamics and Logics of Civil War.</a> <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i>, 61(9):1-25 (<i>recommended reading</i>).</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week02/week02.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
</ul> </ul>
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<h4 id="week03">Week 03</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>September 24:</b> Causes of civil war. </li>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Collier, P. & Hoeffler, A. 2004. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/oep/article-abstract/56/4/563/2361902" target="_blank">Greed and Grievance in Civil War.</a> <i>Oxford Economic Papers</i>, 56(4):563-595.</li>
<li>Fearon, J. & Laitin, D. 2003. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/ethnicity-insurgency-and-civil-war/B1D5D0E7C782483C5D7E102A61AD6605" target="_blank">Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War.</a> <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 97(1):75-90.</li>
<li>Wimmer, A., Cederman, L-E. & Min, B. 2009. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F000312240907400208" target="_blank">Ethnic Politics and Armed Conflict: A Configurational Analysis of a New Global Data Set.</a> <i>American Sociological Review</i>, 74(2):316-337.</li>
<li>Kalyvas, S. & Balcells, L. 2010. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055410000286" target="_blank">International System and Technologies of Rebellion: How the End of the Cold War Shaped Internal Conflict</a>. <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 104(3):415-429.</li>
<li>Ward, M., Greenhill, B., & Bakke, K. 2010. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022343309356491" target="_blank">The Perils of Policy by P-Value: Predicting Civil Conflicts.</a> <i>Journal of Peace Research</i>, 47(4):363-375 (<i>feel free to skip the technical discussion)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week03/week03.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br>
<h4 id="week04">Week 04</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>October 01:</b> Violence against civilians.<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Kalyvas, S. 1999. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/104346399011003001" target="_blank">Wanton And Senseless? The Logic of Massacres in Algeria.</a> <i>Rationality and Society</i>, 11(3):243-285.</li>
<li>Humphreys, M. & Weinstein, J. 2006. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/handling-and-manhandling-civilians-in-civil-war/4981647EDFE411635EB2086C4A851BFA" target="_blank">Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War.</a> <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 100(3):429-447.</li>
<li>Balcells, L. 2010. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/isq/article-abstract/54/2/291/1793034" target="_blank">Rivalry and Revenge: Violence against Civilians in Conventional Civil Wars.</a> <i>International Studies Quarterly</i>, 54(2):291-313.</li>
<li>Cohen, D. 2013. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/explaining-rape-during-civil-war-crossnational-evidence-19802009/30FC323D6DA7E923547156CC0E947213" target="_blank">Explaining Rape During Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980-2009).</a> <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 107(3):461-477.</li>
<li>Lacina, Bethany. 2006. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022002705284828" target="_blank">Explaining the Severity of Civil Wars.</a> <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i>, 50(2):276-289
(<i>recommended reading)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week04/week04.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>.</li>
<li><i>One-page summary due.</i></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br>
<h4 id="week05">Week 05</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>October 08:</b> Ending civil wars.</li>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Walter, B. 1997. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/critical-barrier-to-civil-war-settlement/AF2E36B866EC5E658266D01C5B00B42F" target="_blank">The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement.</a> <i>International Organization</i>, 51(3):335-364.</li>
<li>Fortna, V. 2004. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/isq/article/48/2/269/1888752" target="_blank">Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace? International Intervention and the Duration of Peace After Civil War.</a> <i>International Studies Quarterly</i>, 48(2):269-292.</li>
<li>Howard, L. & Stark, A. 2018. <a href="https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/ISEC_a_00305" target="_blank">How Civil Wars End: The International System, Norms, and the Role of External Actors.</a> <i>International Security</i>, 42(3):127–171.</li>
<li>Findley. M. & Young, J. 2015. <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/682400" target="_blank">Terrorism, Spoiling, and the Resolution of Civil Wars.</a> <i>Journal of Politics</i>, 77(4):1115-1128.</li>
<li>Toft, M. 2010. <a href="https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isec.2010.34.4.7" target="_blank">Ending Civil Wars: A Case for Rebel Victory?</a> <i>International Security</i>, 34(4):7-36.</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week05/week05.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
</ul>
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<br>
<h3>Part II: State-Sponsored Violence</h3><br><br>
<h4 id="week06">Week 06</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>October 15:</b> What are genocides and politicides? </li><br><br>
<ul>
<li>United Nations. 2019. <a href="https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml" target="_blank">Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect: Definitions.</a></li>
<li>Huttenbach, H. 1988. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/hgs/article/3/3/289/602465" target="_blank">Locating the Holocaust on the Genocide Spectrum: Towards a Methodology of Definition and Categorization.</a> <i>Holocaust and Genocide Studies</i>, 3(3):289-303.</li>
<li>Blatman, D. 2015. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2015.991206" target="_blank">Holocaust Scholarship: Towards a Post-Uniqueness Era.</a> <i>Journal of Genocide Research</i>,
17(1):21-43.</li>
<li>Levene, M. 2000. <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/18358/pdf" target="_blank">Why Is the Twentieth Century the Century of Genocide?</a> <i>Journal of World History</i>, 11(2):305-336.</li>
<li>Fein, H. 1993. <a href="http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/157181193x00013" target="_blank">Accounting for Genocide after 1945: Theories and Some Findings.</a> <i>International Journal on Minority and Group Rights</i>, 1(2):79-106. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li>Arendt, H. 2018 [1951]. <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0343267993/" target="_blank">The Origins of Totalitarianism.</a> Lebanon, NJ: Franklin Classics. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week06/week06.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>.
</li>
<li><i>Comments on one-page summary due.</i>
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<h4 id="week07">Week 07</h4>
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<li><b>October 22:</b> No classes.</li><br><br>
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<li><i>Assignment 1 due.</i></li>
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<h4 id="week07">Week 08</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>October 29:</b> Cross-national determinants of genocide.</li><br><br>
<ul>
<li>Harff, B. 2003. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/no-lessons-learned-from-the-holocaust-assessing-risks-of-genocide-and-political-mass-murder-since-1955/FBA37FA563AC35E1CB6F7B57F8140F2C" target="_blank">No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political Mass Murder since 1955.</a> <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 97(1):57-73.</li>
<li>Uzonyi, G. 2014. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9248.12181" target="_blank">Domestic Unrest, Genocide and Politicide.</a> <i>Political Studies</i>, 64(2):1-20. </li>
<li>Valentino, B., Huth, P. & Balch-Lindsay, D. 2004. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/draining-the-sea-mass-killing-and-guerrilla-warfare/A4DD186DD876B363754AD358B8148014" target="_blank">"Draining the Sea": Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare.</a> <i>International Organization</i>, 58(2):375-407. </li>
<li>Ulfelder, J. 2013. <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2303048" target="_blank">A Multimodel Ensemble for Forecasting Onsets of State-Sponsored Mass Killing.</a> Unpublished manuscript.</li>
<li>Ahram, A. 2014. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2012.734875" target="_blank">The Role of State-Sponsored Militias in Genocide.</a> <i>Terrorism and Political Violence</i>, 26(3):488-503. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li>Adler, R. 2001. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/35107196" target"_blank">The Crystal Ball of Chaos.</a> <i>Nature News Feature</i>. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week08/week08.html"
target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>.
</li>
</ul> </ul>
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<h4 id="week09">Week 09</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>November 05:</b> Preventing genocides. </li><br><br>
<ul>
<li>Bellamy, A. 2015. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022343315569333" target="_blank">When States Go Bad: The Termination of State Perpetrated Mass Killing.</a> <i>Journal of Peace Research</i>, 52(5):565-576. </li>
<li>Krain, M. 2005. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/isq/article/49/3/363/1934221" target="_blank">International Intervention and the Severity of Genocides and Politicides.</a> <i>International Studies Quarterly</i>, 49(3):363-387.</li>
<li>Melander, E. 2009. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0738894209106482" target="_blank">Selected To Go Where Murderers Lurk? The Preventive Effect of Peacekeeping on Mass Killings of Civilians.</a> <i>Conflict Management and Peace Science</i>, 26(4):389-406.</li>
<li>Krain, M. 2017. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2016.1240516" target="_blank">The Effect of Economic Sanctions on the Severity of Genocides or Politicides.</a> <i>Journal of Genocide Research</i>, 19(1):88-111.</li>
<li>De Waal, A., Meierhenrich, J. & Conley-Zilkic, B. 2012. <a href="http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/forwa36&div=7&id=&page=" target="_blank">How Mass Atrocities End: An Evidence-Based Counter-Narrative</a> <i>The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs</i>, 36(1):15-31 (<i>recommended reading</i>). </li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week09/week09.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
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<h3>Part III: Terrorism</h3>
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<h4 id="week10">Week 10</h4>
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<li><b>November 12:</b> Concepts, again: what is terrorism?</li><br><br>
<ul>
<li>Hoffmann, B. 2006. <i>Inside Terrorism</i>. New York: Columbia University Press. <a href="https://github.com/danilofreire/pols1824w/raw/master/readings/hoffman2006chap1.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 1.</a></li>
<li>Shughart, W. 2006. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-006-9043-y" target="_blank">An Analytical History of Terrorism, 1945-2000.</a> <i>Public Choice</i>, 128(1-2):7-39. </li>
<li>Jaggar, A. 2005. <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9833.2005.00267.x/full" target="_blank">What is Terrorism, Why Is It Wrong, and Could It Ever Be Morally Permissible?</a> <i>Journal of Social Philosophy</i>, 36(2):202-217.</li>
<li>Young, J & Findley, M. 2011. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2486.2011.01015.x" target="_blank">Promise and Pitfalls of Terrorism Research.</a> <i>International Studies Review</i>, 13(3):411-431.</li>
<li>Weinberg, L., Pedahzur, A. & Hirsch-Hoeffler, S. 2004. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/095465590899768" target="_blank">The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism.</a> <i>Terrorism and Political Violence</i>, 16(4):777-794. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week10/week10.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
<li><i>Assignment 2 due.</i></li>
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<h4 id="week11">Week 11</h4>
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<li><b>November 19:</b> Discussion of final projects.</li><br><br>
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<h4 id="week12">Week 12</h4>
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<li><b>November 26:</b> The rational terrorist. </li><br><br>
<ul>
<li>Kydd, A. & Walter, B. 2006. <a href="https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isec.2006.31.1.49" target="_blank">The Strategies of Terrorism.</a> <i>International Security</i>, 31(1):49-80.
<li>Pape, R. 2003. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/strategic-logic-of-suicide-terrorism/A6F51C77E3DE644EBD20ADE176973547" target="_blank">The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.</a> <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 97(3):343-361.</li>
<li>Horgan, J. 2008. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0002716208317539" target="_blank">From Profiles and Pathways and Roots to Routes: Perspectives from Psychology on Radicalization into Terrorism.</a> <i>The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science</i>, 618(1):80-94.</li>
<li>Gambetta, D. & Hertog, S. 2009. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-sociology-archives-europeennes-de-sociologie/article/why-are-there-so-many-engineers-among-islamic-radicals/91ED8BEFDE3793834667750B31575422" target="_blank">Why Are There So Many Engineers Among Islamic Radicals?</a> <i>European Journal of Sociology</i>, 50(2):201-230.</li>
<li>Horowitz, M. 2010. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/nonstate-actors-and-the-diffusion-of-innovations-the-case-of-suicide-terrorism/9D060458C614C2BBD8322ED5D444AA32" target="_blank">Nonstate Actors and the Diffusion of Innovations: The Case of Suicide Terrorism.</a> <i>International Organization</i>, 64(1):33-64. (<i>recommended reading</i>) </li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week12/week12.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
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<h4 id="week13">Week 13</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>December 03:</b> Is terrorism effective? </li><br><br>
<ul>
<li>Abrahms, M. 2006. <a href="https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/isec.2006.31.2.42" target="_blank">Why Terrorism Does Not Work.</a> <i>International Security</i>, 31(2):42–78.</li>
<li>Gould, E. & Klor, E. 2010. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/40961012" target="_blank">Does Terrorism Work?</a> <i>Quarterly Journal of Economics</i>, 125(4):1459–1510. (<i>read sections 1, 2, 6, and 7; read the methods part only if you want to.</i>) </li>
<li>Asal, V. & Rethemeyer, R. 2008. <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07388940802219000" target="_blank">Dilettantes, Ideologues, and the Weak: Terrorists Who Don’t Kill.</a> <i>Conflict Management and Peace Science</i>, 25(3):244-260.</li>
<li>Stephan, M. & Chenoweth, E. 2008. <a href="https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isec.2008.33.1.7" target="_blank">Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.</a> <i>International Security</i>, 33(1):7-44.</li>
<li>Kalyvas, S. 2004. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:JOET.0000012254.69088.41" target="_blank">The Paradox of Terrorism in Civil War.</a> <i>The Journal of Ethics</i>, 8(1):97-138. (<i>recommended reading</i>) </li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week13/week13.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li>
</ul> </ul>
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<h4 id="week14">Week 14</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>December 10:</b> Counterterrorism.</li>
<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Kilcullen, D. 2005. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402390500300956" target="_blank">Countering Global Insurgency.</a> <i>The Journal of Strategic Studies</i>, 28(4):597-617 </li>
<li>Lyall, J., Blair, G. & Imai, K. 2013. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/explaining-support-for-combatants-during-wartime-a-survey-experiment-in-afghanistan/B0E55BA87D4EBF66F0BF6135959541A7" target="_blank">Explaining Support for Combatants during Wartime: A Survey Experiment in Afghanistan.</a>. <i>American Political Science Review</i>, 107(4):679-705.</li>
<li>Zussman, A. & Zussman, N. 2006. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30033656" target="_blank">Assassinations: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Israeli Counterterrorism Policy Using Stock Market Data.</a> <i>Journal of Economic Perspectives</i>, 20(2):193–206.</li>
<li>Savun, B. & Tirone, D. 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002717704952" target="_blank">Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool: More Liberty, Less Terror?</a> <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i>, 62(8):1607-1635. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li>Bermann, E., Felter, J. & Shapiro, J. 2011. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/661983" target="_blank">Can Hearts and Minds be Bought?: The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq.</a> <i>Journal of Political Economy</i>, 119(4):766-819. (<i>recommended reading</i>)</li>
<li><a href="https://danilofreire.github.io/pols1824w/slides/week14/week14.html" target="_blank">Lecture slides</a>. </li></ul> </ul>
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<h4 id="week15">Week 15</h4>
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<li><b>December 17:</b> Final project.<br><br>
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