The course aims to provide theoretical and conceptual tools to analyse the main issues related to social and political conflicts in advanced democratic régimes (nature of conflicts, actors, causes and impacts, internal dynamics, variety of conflicts and evolution from one form to another, etc.).
The students are invited to look at social and political conflicts from a wide range of perspectives : philosophy, sociology, political science. The philosophical approach helps reflecting upon the affinities between conflicts, political modernity and democracy. Political science provides tools to study the most institutionalised forms of conflicts in advanced democracies (cleavages, trade unions, social movements, etc.). A sociological perspective, finally, draws the attention upon the continuity from the less to the most institutionalised form of conflict.
Combined together, those three perspectives will allow students to better understand the major evolutions of conflicts (in their substance and form) in contemporary (democratic) politics.
The course pursues the following objectives :
The course is structured around three complementary cycles:
Written exam.
| Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelier en droit | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en droit | Standard | 2 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en droit | Standard | 3 | 3 | |
| Bachelier en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques | Standard | 3 | 3 |