PS 380

CASE STUDY METHOD

This component of the course will give you the opportunity to study and analyze the causes, costs, management, and outcome of "peace" in a specific conflict.  Each case study should include to following components for presentation:
Identify the timeline of period in the conflict
Historical background
Identify the pattern of conflict escalation and evolution. (Some conflicts may evolve into different types over a period of time--civil war to international war, for example.
Identify the causes of the conflict and causes of the change in the type of conflict
Identify the costs of conflict
Identify the costs of peace, conflict management, or resolution
Identify the evolution of peace, where applicable in a case.
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