Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Political Science and International Relations (English) · Undergraduate
ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Zeyneb ÇAĞLIYAN İÇENER
Instructors: Prof. Dr. Zeyneb ÇAĞLIYAN İÇENER
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionBrain Storming
Assessment & Evaluation
Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Midterm | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quiz | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comparative Politics and Social Science Methods | Textbook Chapter 1 “Introduction” | Lijphart, Arend. 1971. “Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method,” APSR, 65: 682-693. |
| 2 | What is State? How did It Emerge, Develop, and Diffuse? | Textbook Chapter 2 “The Modern State” | Max Weber. “Politics as Vocation” | Mann, Michael. 1984. “The Autonomous Power of the State.” European Journal of Sociology Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 185-213. |
| 3 | Nations and Nationalism | Textbook Chapter 4 “States and Identity” | Rogers Brubaker. Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany. Introduction (pp. 1-17). [Fransa ve Almanya’da Vatandaslik ve Ulus Ruhu. Heretik Yayinlari, 2018]. | Aktürk, Şener. 2011. “Regimes of Ethnicity: Comparative Analysis of Germany, the Soviet Union/Post-Soviet Russia, and Turkey.” World Politics Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 115-164. |
| 4 | Modernization Theory and Its Critics | Lerner, Daniel. The Passing of Traditional Society. Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, 1958. Ch. 1. | Deutsch, Karl. 1961. “Social Mobilization and Political Development,” APSR 55 (3): 493-514. | Huntington, Samuel. Political Order in Changing Societies. 1968, pp. 1-92. | Przeworski, Adam and Fernando Limongi. 1997. “Modernization: Theories and Facts.” World Politics Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 155-183. | Acemoglu, Robinson, and Yared. 2008. “Income and Democracy” American Economic Review, Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 808-842. |
| 5 | Political Culture, Religion, and Politics | Svante Ersson and Jan-Erik Lane. “Political Culture.” Danielle Caramani, ed. Comparative Politics, pp. 419-444. | Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel. “A Revised Theory of Modernization,” pp. 15-47. | Textbook Chapter 12 “Policies and Politics of Inclusion and Clashing Values” | M. Steven Fish. 2011. Are Muslims Distinctive? A Look at the Evidence. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 1. |
| 6 | Comparing Ideologies and Political Regimes | Textbook Chapter 3 “States, Citizens, and Regimes” | Robert Dahl. Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971 (Ch. 1). | Schmitter, Philippe and Terry Karl. 1991. “What Democracy is... and is not.” Journal of Democracy 2(3): 75-88. |
| 7 | Political Systems, Participation, and Representation in Democracies | Textbook Chapter 6 “Governing Institutions in Democracies” | Textbook Chapter 7 “Institutions of Participation and Representation in Democracies” | Berman, Sheri. “Civil Society and Political Institutionalism,” American Behavioral Scientist 40:5 1997, 562-574. M. Steven Fish. 2006. “Stronger Legislatures, Stronger Democracies.” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 5-20. |
| 8 | Midterm exam | See syllabus |
| 9 | Regime Change | Textbook Chapter 9 “Regime Change” only pages 454-477. | Theda Skocpol. 1976. "France, Russia, China: A Structural Analysis of Social Revolutions" Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 175-210. | Weyland, Kurt. 2012. “The Arab Spring: Why the Surprising Similarities with the Revolutionary Wave of 1848?” Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 917-934. |
| 10 | Why are Some Countries Democratic and Others Not? What is the Relationship between Democracy and Development? | Textbook Chapter 10 “Globalization, Economic Sovereignty, and Development” | Moore, Barrington. 1966. The Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Boston: Beacon Press (pp. 413-483). | Acemoglu, Daron, and James A. Robinson. 2005. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Ch. 1 and 2). | Roberto Stefan Foa. 2018. "Modernization and Authoritarianism." Journal of Democracy, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 129-140. |
| 11 | Democratization | Textbook Chapter 9 “Regime Change” only pages 477-507. | Narizny, Kevin. 2012. Anglo-American Primacy and the Global Spread of Democracy: An International Genealogy.” World Politics, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 341-373. | Schedler, Andreas. 1998. “What is Democratic Consolidation?” Journal of Democracy 9(2): 91-107. |
| 12 | Authoritarian Institutions | Textbook Chapter 8 “Authoritarian Institutions” | Diamond, Larry. 2002. “Thinking about Hybrid Regimes” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 21-35. | Levitsky, Steven and Lucan Way. 2010. Competitive Authoritarianism. Only “Introduction,” pp. 1-36. | M. Steven Fish. 2017. “What is Putinism?” Journal of Democracy, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 61-75. | Steven Levitsky and Lucan Ahmad Way. 2019. "How autocrats can rig the game and damage democracy," Washington Post, Monkey Cage, January 4. | Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Erica Frantz. 2016. "When Dictators Die." Journal of Democracy, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 159-171. |
| 13 | What is the Role of the State in Economy? | Textbook Chapter 5 “States and Markets” | J. A. Caporaso and D.P. Levine. Theories of Political Economy. Only Introduction (pp. 1-6) and Conclusion (pp. 217-226). | Lipscy, P. Y. (2018). Democracy and Financial Crisis. International Organization, 72(4): 957-961. | Gerschenkron, Alexander. 1964. Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays. New York: Praeger Publishers. |
| 14 | Market Failure and Welfare State | Textbook Chapter 11 “Public Policies When Markets Fail” |
| 15 | Final exam | See syllabus |
| 16 | Resit exam | See syllabus |