| This programme uses comparative political science models and methods to analyse patterns of conflict and settlement. Among the issues covered are the different ways that religion, ethnicity and inequality combine to generate violence. Examples range from Estonia to India, from Transylvania to Cyprus to the Basque Country. Other key topics include different models of settlement, from consociationalism to federalism to partition and the role of international interventions. The wide range of expertise in SPIRe feeds into the programme, with a core of expertise in the study of comparative ethnic conflict, identity politics, the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement, and European regional nationalisms, and relevant cognate specialisms in civic republicanism, justice and human rights, international security, European politics, and development studies. |
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Applicants to the taught masters programmes would normally be expected to have a primary degree in a relevant subject and have attained at least Upper Second Class Honours. Applicants with relevant professional experience may also be considered from time to time. |
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