Admission requirements
Course for students enrolled in master program Crisis and Security Management:
Students must be enrolled in the CSM Master program
At least 8 students must enroll for the course to take place
A maximum of 35 students can participate - admitted on a first come, first serve basis
Description
Western societies and governments feel the constant threat and challenge of crises such as disasters, riots and terrorist attacks. What happens following the immediate crisis response in order to arrive at a restoration of stability? 'Post-crisis politics' involves longer term dynamic processes of accountability characterized by formal inquiries, blame games, political maneuvering, media scrutiny and crisis exploitation. The pressure on learning in order to improve future safety gives rise to official investigations and reform proposals. Also, society needs to bounce back and victims receive psychosocial care in the aftermath of crises and disasters. By exploring different conceptualizations and explanatory theories in academic literature combined with the in-depth study of empirical cases, students will learn about the dynamics, consequences and challenges of post-crisis governance. The seminar will build on a mix of theory, case examples, and policy documents. Students will learn to apply theoretical insights to the analysis of real-life crisis cases, formulating actionable advice for public authorities. The seminar has an interactive set up and includes guest lectures from practitioners.
Course objectives
- Students are able to identify and engage with the main theories explaining the consequences and aftermath of crises and disasters;
- Students are able to apply these theories to reconstruct real-life crisis and disaster cases;
- Students are able to identify and analyze the specific role and responsibilities of leaders in the public sector after a crisis or disaster;
- Students are able to analyze how leaders deal with post-crisis challenges and analyze how various course of action affect outcomes in terms of citizen resilience, political accountability, post-crisis trauma, learning and reform;
- Students are able to differentiate between different institutional, political and social contexts in which threats materialize and incidents take place, and in which governments respond to contingencies and crises. They are able to analyze how those contexts constrain and enable public actors in governing after crisis.
Timetable
On the right side of the CSM front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website and timetables, uSis and Blackboard.
Mode of instruction
This course consists of seven lectures.
Participation in lectures, discussions and exercises is required in order to obtain a grade. One lecture may be missed. Being absent more than once may likely lead to expulsion from the course.
Course Load
Total study load 140 hours:
contact hours: 21
self-study hours: reading, preparing lectures, assignments, etc 119
Assessment method
1 book review (30%)
1 paper proposal (10%)
1 term paper (60%)
Compensation rule: Only assessments with a weight of 30% and lower can be compensated. This means that one does not have to pass an assessment if it weighs 30% or less in order to pass the course. The average of all assessments combined must be at least a 5.5. In addition, assignments with a weight of 30% and lower are not resitable, meaning that if one failed an assessment weighing 30% or less, one is not allowed to resit it and that assessment must be compensated by the other assessment(s). The resit takes the same form.
Blackboard
The corresponding Blackboard course will be available one week prior to the first lecture.
Reading list
To be announced on blackboard.
Registration
Use both uSis and Blackboard to register for every course.
Register for every course and workgroup via uSis. Some courses and workgroups have a limited number of participants, so register on time (before the course starts). In uSis you can access your personal schedule and view your results. Registration in uSis is possible from four weeks before the start of the course.
Also register for every course in Blackboard. Important information about the course is posted there.
Contact
All communication should be directed to dr. Sanneke Kuipers. Please send your email to s.l.kuipers@fgga.leidenuniv.nl