Democracy and war - Samenvattingen en Aantekeningen

My IR final exam study guide. Lectures covered: Lecture 11: Multi-level Politics of War Lecture 12: Multi-level Politics of Development Lecture 13: Multi-level Politics of Inequality Lecture 14: Multi-level Politics of Peackeeping Lecture 15: Multi-level Politics of Dictatorship and Democracy Lecture 16: Multi-level Politics of the Environment Readings covered: New and Old Wars, Kaldor (2012) The Ontology of Political Violence, Kalyvas (2003) War is Not Over, Fazal & Po...

ELABORATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR UGA Iroquois League (1722) - CORRECT ANSWER-A confederacy of 6 Iroquois nations/Native American tribes in Albany, New York; known to the English as the Six Nations. (French, Dutch and British colonists in both Canada and the Thirteen Colonies recognized a need to gain favor with the Iroquois people, who occupied a significant portion of lands west of colonial settlements. Alignment with Iroquois offered political and strategic advantages...

Lecture notes for Violence and Security, slides copied down, combined with Lecturer explanations (borderline word for word transcript) for the Midterm on the April 26th 2023

Extensive notes from all classes until the midterm for violence and security. Includes partial readings notes.

Complete samenvatting van de literatuur voor de cursus Eigentijdse Geschiedenis De Graaf – De historisering van veiligheid Strachan – The first World War Wilson – Fourteen points Mergel – Dictatorship and democracy, 1918-1939 Kershaw – Reflections on the nature of the Hitler dictatorship Blom – Crisis, bezetting en herstel Van der Heijden – Grijs verleden Meershoek – The Holocaust Nyman – Securitization theory Del Pero – Incompatible universalisms Jackson – Int...

Extensive lecture notes of all classes of the course "Violence and Security. Paradigms and Debates", which were taken in April/May 2023. This includes notes from the following classes: LECTURE 1) Introduction and Overview LECTURE 2) Violence and State Formation LECTURE 3) Nuclear Weapons LECTURE 4) Democracy and War LECTURE 5) Gender and Conflict LECTURE 6) Ethnic conflict (No lecture 7 due to spring break) LECTURE 8) Genocide LECTURE 9) Civilian Rescue LECTURE 10) Peacebuilding and ...

This summary contains notes from all the lectures the University of Amsterdam gave for its Core module - International relations (CMIR). Description given by the University: International Relations (IR) is a field of study focused on political relations that cross national borders. Most centrally, those relations are between nation-states representing the people in country territories, but IR also focuses on sub-national governmental actors and various kinds of non-state actors such as intern...

This summary contains notes from all the lectures the University of Amsterdam gave for its Political Economy course (FY) Description given by the University: The position of Political Economy (PE) within the Political Science programme is twofold. Firstly, PE is seen as the component of the discipline that studies government policy in relation to ‘the economy’, including delegated policy that is formed or implemented by supranational or international organisations such as the European Uni...

These are the completed notes of the second year course: Violence & Security. Not one lecture is missing and the notes are extensive and written clearly. I have made them structured and very usable for the take home exam that is planned at the end of this course.

Module 1 of the European Integration and Democracy course provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical and political foundations of European integration. Drawing on insights from the books "The Unfinished History of European Integration" and "European Union Politics," the module explores the key milestones, challenges, and theoretical frameworks that have shaped the European Union (EU). The lectures delve into the origins of European integration, focusing on post-World...