Seminar "Political Economy of Conflict and Power"

Seminar "Political Economy of Conflict and Power"
WS 2008/2009

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumärker

Time and Place

Target Group

The seminar is designated for second-year IMP-Students (Master of Economics and Politics) and Diploma-Students (Hauptstudium).

Credit Points

4 Credit Points for IMP- as well as Diploma-Students. Diploma-Students may allocate the credits to Pflichtfach "Wirtschaftspolitik (Ordnungspolitik)" or Pflichtwahlfach "Ordnungs- und Wettbewerbspolitik".

Registration

Registration, allocation of topics and distribution of the reading list take place at the office of Mr. Fritz (room 2430) commencing on the 21th of July 2008. The students grade will be based on the participation in class during the seminar (20%), the term paper handed in three weeks ahead of the respective session (50%) and the presentation of the topic (30%).

Downloads

• Complete reading list.

Topics

1. Basic Issues
   1. Towards an economic theory of power
   2. Conflict technology and conflict functions

   3. Alliance formation and conflict

2. Political Economy of Conflict and power in Modern Societies
   4. Anarchy and predation
   5. The power of the state
   6. The distribution of power in the private economy
   7. The conflict economics of rent seeking
3. On Belligerent Transformations of the Social Order
   8. On the incentives to revolt
   9. The economics of terrorism
   10. The political economy of war