ECTS - Seminar in Politics I
Seminar in Politics I (KAM412) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Seminar in Politics I | KAM412 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| NONE |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| 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. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to examine current political debates in the world and in Turkey from a knowledge-based, analytical and critical perspective and to exemplify approaches that look at current political events, developments and issues from different perspectives. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Area researches; content analysis; political communication. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Course Description and Introduction | Two Focal Points of Current Political Discussions in the World and in Turkey: The Issue of "Democracy" and the Issue of "Populism" |
| 2 | Who understands what from democracy in today's world? | Davis, N.T., Goidel, K. & Zhao, Y. The Meanings of Democracy among Mass Publics. Soc Indic Res 153, 849–921 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02517-2 1 (849-862 arası okunacak) |
| 3 | Who understands what from democracy in today's world? | Quaranta, M. “What makes up democracy? Meanings of democracy and their correlates among adolescents in 38 countries.” Acta Polit 55, 515–537 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-019-00129-4 Bu konuları işlerken Freedom House ve V-Dem Institute kuruluşlarının web sayfalarını inceleyeceğiz. Öğrencilerin derse gelmeden bu siteleri detaylıca incelemeleri gerekmektedir. |
| 4 | Does Democracy Improve Human Well-Being? | John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Matthew Maguire, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell & Michael Coppedge (2021) “Democracy and human development: issues of conceptualization and measurement,” Democratization, 28:2, 308-332, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2020.1818721 Bu konuları işlerken Freedom House ve V-Dem Institute kuruluşlarının web sayfalarını inceleyeceğiz. Öğrencilerin derse gelmeden bu siteleri detaylıca incelemeleri gerekmektedir. |
| 5 | Pandemic and Democracy | Sylvia Walby, “The COVID pandemic and social theory: Social democracy and public health in the crisis,” European Journal of Social Theory 2021, Vol. 24(1) 22–43 DOI: 10.1177/1368431020970127 |
| 6 | Pandemic and Democracy | https://terrabayt.com/dusunce/agamben-bir-soru/ https://iletisim.com.tr/dergiler/toplum-ve-bilim/3/sayi-152-2020/10047/salginin-icadi-olur-mu-agamben-ve-buyuk-korlugu/11887 https://uni-versus.org/2020/05/23/agamben-koronavirus-ogrencilere-agit/?fbclid=IwAR3SbPeSMPjcNSfR682Q4yf1vP4eWuFh2wtWXPDikvng3UF0N-TniY6_gxA https://terrabayt.com/covid19/zizek-koronavirusu-kapitalizme-kill-bill-vari-bir-darbedir-komunizmin-yeniden-icat-edilmesine-yol-acabilir/ https://terrabayt.com/dusunce/zizek-koronavirusu-karar-vermeye-zorluyor-ya-kuresel-komunizm-ya-orman-kanunlari/ |
| 7 | Neoliberalism ve Democracy | Wendy Brown (2018) Halkın Çözülüşü Neoliberalizmin Sinsi Devrimi (İstanbul: Metis). 1, 2, 4, 6. Bölümler Wendy Brown (2021) Neoliberalizmin Harabelerinde, Batı’da Anti-demokratik Siyasetin Yükselişi (İstanbul: Metis), 1, 2, 3. Bölümler |
| 8 | Democracy, Democratization and Turkey | 8. Hafta: Ekrem Karakoç (2020) “Democratization Theories and Turkey,” in The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics (Ed.) Güneş Murat Tezcür. Oxford University Press, DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064891.013.2 8 Kadir Has Üniversitesi TR Eğilimler 2019 Araştırması https://www.khas.edu.tr/sites/khas.edu.tr/files/inline-files/TE2019_TUR_BASIN_15.01.20%20WEB%20versiyon%20powerpoint_0.pdf |
| 9 | Democracy, Democratization and Turkey | 9. Hafta: Murat Somer, “Old and New Polarizations and Failed Democratizations in Turkey,” in The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics (Ed.) Güneş Murat Tezcür. Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064891.013.5 |
| 10 | POPULISM | Müller, Jan-Werner (2016) Popülizm Nedir? (İstanbul: İletişim). https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BBVA-OpenMind-Jan-Werner-Muller-The-Rise-and-Rise-of-Populism-1.pdf |
| 11 | POPULISM | Mudde, Cas & Christobal R. Kaltwasser (2019) Popülizm, Kısa bir Giriş (Ankara: Nika Yayınevi). |
| 12 | POPULISM | Mouffe, Chantal (2018) Sol Popülizm (çev. Aybars Yanık) İstanbul: İletişim |
| 13 | Turkey and Populism | Yüksel Taşkın (2020) Populism in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Patterns ,” in The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics (Ed.) Güneş Murat Tezcür. Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064891.013.4 |
| 14 | Turkey and Populism | Ezgi Elçi (2019) The Rise of Populism in Turkey: A Content Analysis, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 19:3, 387-408, DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2019.1656875 |
| 15 | General evaluation |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Davis, N.T., Goidel, K. & Zhao, Y. The Meanings of Democracy among Mass Publics. Soc Indic Res 153, 849–921 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02517-2 1 |
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| 2. Quaranta, M. “What makes up democracy? Meanings of democracy and their correlates among adolescents in 38 countries.” Acta Polit 55, 515–537 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-019-00129-4 2 | |
| 3. John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Matthew Maguire, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell & Michael Coppedge (2021) “Democracy and human development: issues of conceptualization and measurement,” Democratization, 28:2, 308-332, | |
| 4. Sylvia Walby, “The COVID pandemic and social theory: Social democracy and public health in the crisis,” European Journal of Social Theory 2021, Vol. 24(1) 22–43 DOI: 10.1177/1368431020970127 4 | |
| 10. Wendy Brown (2018) Halkın Çözülüşü Neoliberalizmin Sinsi Devrimi (İstanbul: Metis) | |
| 11. Wendy Brown (2021) Neoliberalizmin Harabelerinde, Batı’da Anti-demokratik Siyasetin Yükselişi (İstanbul: Metis) | |
| 12. 8. Hafta: Ekrem Karakoç (2020) “Democratization Theories and Turkey,” in The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics (Ed.) Güneş Murat Tezcür. Oxford University Press, DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064891.013.2 8 | |
| 14. : Müller, Jan-Werner (2016) Popülizm Nedir? (İstanbul: İletişim). 10 https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BBVA-OpenMind-Jan-Werner-Muller-The-Rise-and-Rise-of-Populism-1.pdf | |
| 15. Mudde, Cas & Christobal R. Kaltwasser (2019) Popülizm, Kısa bir Giriş (Ankara: Nika Yayınevi). | |
| 16. Mouffe, Chantal (2018) Sol Popülizm (çev. Aybars Yanık) İstanbul: İletişim | |
| 17. 13. Yüksel Taşkın (2020) Populism in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Patterns ,” in The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics (Ed.) Güneş Murat Tezcür. Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064891.013.4 | |
| 18. 14. Ezgi Elçi (2019) The Rise of Populism in Turkey: A Content Analysis, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 19:3, 387-408, DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2019.1656875 | |
| Other Sources | 5. https://terrabayt.com/dusunce/agamben-bir-soru/ |
| 6. https://iletisim.com.tr/dergiler/toplum-ve-bilim/3/sayi-152-2020/10047/salginin-icadi-olur-mu-agamben-ve-buyuk-korlugu/11887 | |
| 7. https://uni-versus.org/2020/05/23/agamben-koronavirus-ogrencilere-agit/?fbclid=IwAR3SbPeSMPjcNSfR682Q4yf1vP4eWuFh2wtWXPDikvng3UF0N-TniY6_gxA | |
| 8. https://terrabayt.com/covid19/zizek-koronavirusu-kapitalizme-kill-bill-vari-bir-darbedir-komunizmin-yeniden-icat-edilmesine-yol-acabilir/ | |
| 9. https://terrabayt.com/dusunce/zizek-koronavirusu-karar-vermeye-zorluyor-ya-kuresel-komunizm-ya-orman-kanunlari/ | |
| 13. https://www.khas.edu.tr/sites/khas.edu.tr/files/inline-files/TE2019_TUR_BASIN_15.01.20%20WEB%20versiyon%20powerpoint_0.pdf |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 7 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Toplam | 9 | 40 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 80 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Learning the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and Public Administration and their use in the analysis of national and global political developments, cause-and-effect relations. | X | ||||
| 2 | Understanding how policies are created and implemented in real life at local, national, regional and/or global levels, recognizing important institutions and actors playing a role in these processes, knowing the functioning of Public Administration. | |||||
| 3 | Gaining a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as International Relations, Sociology, Psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history) and thus having an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relations between different areas of life and establishes connections. | |||||
| 4 | Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field. | |||||
| 5 | Developing the ability to be open-minded, avoid discrimination, and be sensitive and respectful to different points of view through the promotion of critical analytical thinking, intellectual discussion, and lifelong learning, thereby developing the skills to act jointly. | |||||
| 6 | Development of decision-making and initiative, job completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related areas. | |||||
| 7 | Development of communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the principles and procedures that are required to write an academic article on the disciplines of political science and public administration. | |||||
| 8 | Mastering English terminology in the disciplines of political science and Public Administration and acquiring a level of foreign language knowledge that can help to follow studies written in English, so that current political events and cases in various countries can be analyzed comparatively. | |||||
| 9 | Knowing both the Turkish and world political history in terms of periods, important milestones and actors, understanding the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| 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 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 7 | 6 | 42 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 32 | 32 |
| Total Workload | 200 | ||