Social Movements (KAM418) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Social Movements KAM418 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
NONE
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Observation Case Study, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Funda Gençoğlu
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course deals with the question of why the concept of social movements has become so popular both in the world and in Turkey since the 1980s and especially in the 1990s, the state-society relationship, policy-making processes and the main debates on social movements that affect political institutions. Aiming to help students realize how our daily lives are actually intertwined with the phenomenon of politics rather than being stuck in a narrow definition of politics, trying to establish a connection between different social movements and the political and sociological phenomena that they reflect, the power relations of politics and the political and their origins. It is a course that claims to be shaped by inequality and conflict and aims to make it visible.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
Course Content Social movements in historical perspective; labor movement; women`s movement; environmentalist movement; youth movements; movements against globalism.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction
2 What is “Social Movements”? Different definitions, different conceptualizations
3 An Overview of Social Movements Literature: The Literature's Question(s)  Donatella della Porta ve Mario Diani (2020) Toplumsal Hareketler, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Çevirenler P. Çakır ve C. Gülbudak, 1. Bölüm (s. 1-41)
4 Social Movement Theories  Doğan Çetinkaya (2008) “Tarih ve Kuram Arasında Toplumsal Hareketler”, Toplumsal Hareketler, Tarih, Teori ve Deneyim içinde, Doğan Çetinkaya (ed.), (İstanbul: İletişim), s. 15-60.  Funda Gençoğlu (2019) “Toplumsal Hareketler, Siyasal Kuramlar,” Birikim, No. 368. s. 18-28
5 Social movements and politics/political space  Ulus Baker (2005), Siyasal Alanın Oluşumu Üzerine Bir Deneme, (s.1-10) Şu bağlantıdan erişilebilir: http://kendiyayinlari.com/2014/09/26/siyasal-alanin-olusumu-uzerine-bir-deneme/  Yavuz Yıldırım (2013) Sosyal Forum’dan Öfkeliler’e, İstanbul: İletişim, s.65-99.
6 Social Movements and Democracy  Chantal Mouffe (2015) Dünyayı Politik Düşünmek Agonistik Siyaset, İstanbul: İletişim, Bölüm 1, ve 6.  Donatella della Porta ve Mario Diani (2020) Toplumsal Hareketler, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Çevirenler P. Çakır ve C. Gülbudak, 9. Bölüm
7 Social Movements and the Class Question  Donatella della Porta ve Mario Diani (2020) Toplumsal Hareketler, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Çevirenler P. Çakır ve C. Gülbudak, 2. Bölüm
8 MIDTERM
9 Worker/Labor movement  Kadir Yıldırım (2013) Osmanlı’da İşçiler, İstanbul: İletişim, Giriş ve 1. Bölüm
10 Women's movement  Serpil Çakır (2019) Erkek Kulübünde Siyaset, İstanbul: Sel, 1. Ve 2. Bölüm (s. 35-107)
11 Environmental movement  Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, The Death of Environmentalism, The Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World. Şu bağlantıdan erişilebilir: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56a45d683b0be33df885def6/t/5c75569d104c7bbf4b4ef48e/1551194797246/Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf
12 LGBTIQ+ movement  Çağlar Özbek (2017) “Ayrımcılıkla Mücadelenin Kamusallığı: LGBT Hareket ve Örgütlülük,” Toplum ve Demokrasi, 11 (24), Temmuz-Aralık, 2017, s. 141-165. Şu bağlantıdan erişilebilir: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331466296_Ayrimcilikla_Mucadelenin_Kamusalligi_LGBT_Hareket_ve_Orgutluluk
13 Black Lives Matter  Aleshia Faust v.d. (2020) “Black Lives Matter and the Movement for Black Lives,” Social Movements 1768-2018 içinde, Charles Tilly, Ernesto Castaneda ve Lesley Wood (ed.) New York ve Londra: Routledge, s. 240-253.

Sources

Course Book 1.  Donatella della Porta ve Mario Diani (2020) Toplumsal Hareketler, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Çevirenler P. Çakır ve C. Gülbudak, 1. Bölüm (s. 1-41)
2.  Doğan Çetinkaya (2008) “Tarih ve Kuram Arasında Toplumsal Hareketler”, Toplumsal Hareketler, Tarih, Teori ve Deneyim içinde, Doğan Çetinkaya (ed.), (İstanbul: İletişim), s. 15-60.
3.  Funda Gençoğlu (2019) “Toplumsal Hareketler, Siyasal Kuramlar,” Birikim, No. 368. s. 18-28
4.  Ulus Baker (2005), Siyasal Alanın Oluşumu Üzerine Bir Deneme, (s.1-10)
6.  Yavuz Yıldırım (2013) Sosyal Forum’dan Öfkeliler’e, İstanbul: İletişim, s.65-99.
7.  Chantal Mouffe (2015) Dünyayı Politik Düşünmek Agonistik Siyaset, İstanbul: İletişim, Bölüm 1, ve 6.
8.  Donatella della Porta ve Mario Diani (2020) Toplumsal Hareketler, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Çevirenler P. Çakır ve C. Gülbudak, 9. Bölüm
9.  Donatella della Porta ve Mario Diani (2020) Toplumsal Hareketler, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Çevirenler P. Çakır ve C. Gülbudak, 2. Bölüm
10.  Kadir Yıldırım (2013) Osmanlı’da İşçiler, İstanbul: İletişim, Giriş ve 1. Bölüm
11.  Serpil Çakır (2019) Erkek Kulübünde Siyaset, İstanbul: Sel, 1. Ve 2. Bölüm (s. 35-107)
12.  Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, The Death of Environmentalism, The Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World.
13.  Çağlar Özbek (2017) “Ayrımcılıkla Mücadelenin Kamusallığı: LGBT Hareket ve Örgütlülük,” Toplum ve Demokrasi, 11 (24), Temmuz-Aralık, 2017, s. 141-165.
13.  Aleshia Faust v.d. (2020) “Black Lives Matter and the Movement for Black Lives,” Social Movements 1768-2018 içinde, Charles Tilly, Ernesto Castaneda ve Lesley Wood (ed.) New York ve Londra: Routledge, s. 240-253.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 1 60
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Have an advanced level of basic theoretical knowledge on the field of public finance in order to obtain the practical gains. X
2 Identify the issues related to the field of public finance by dealing with it within the framework of the methodological approach, and report and evaluate it from an analytical point of view. X
3 Understand, interpret and analyse economic and financial events, equipped with knowledge of certain disciplines, especially economics, business and law. X
4 Develop policies and strategies for solving the problems by establishing the cause-effect relationship related to fiscal and economic issues through theoretical information and the discussions. X
5 Establish the relationship of public financial management and budget theory with public policies, he/she makes strong budget analysis, develop analysis on public finance and makes a link with the policy implementation X
6 Understand the tax theory, learning the legal structure, following the legal and financial developments and gaining a professional competence in tax matters effectively develop it. X
7 Have knowledge of accounting systems in private and public institutions and businesses, analyze and interpret the financial and financial structure of institutions with the knowledge and competence gained. X
8 Gain knowledge of macroeconomic framework and growth theory, including theoretical and country examples, evaluates economic developments from a theoretical perspective. X
9 Use foreign language in financial and economic fields, follow international literature, communicate on professional issues. X
10 Benefit from technological developments in studies specific to its field by using information technologies, digital developments and common software. X
11 Use qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis of economic, financial, social and institutional events. X
12 While fulfilling its academic and professional responsibilities, develop an approach that respects s United Nations sustainable development goals, freedoms, rights of the disadvantaged groups, environment, cultural and moral values. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 3 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 20 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 21 21
Total Workload 125