ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Political Science and International Relations (Master) (with Thesis) (English) | |||||
| Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | PIR5004 | ||||
| Course Name: | Comparative Political Systems | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. EFE CAN GÜRCAN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Doç. Dr. Efe Can Gürcan | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The course will introduce students to comparative politics. Students will finish with an intermediate-level knowledge on comparative politics. They will have acquired a broad range of conceptual and analytical tools for examining world politics through a comparative and interdisciplinary lens. They will have developed an ability to analyze on how global economic development, political rivalries, and interactions between civil society and the state shape contemporary politics in major countries of the Global North and South. |
| Course Content: | This course will mainly focus on comparative political method, different approaches in comparative politics, development and structure of nation state, different government types, democracy’s distinctive features, political culture, electoral system, party systems, interest groups and political participation, secularization process, civil society and social movements. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will be able to link conceptual knowledge with practical case applicationsby referring to historical events and processes around the world. 2) They will examine various systems of governance around the world, explore thehistorical and cultural sources of political conflicts and different developmenttrajectories, and assess future challenges. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | - |
| 2) | What is comparative method? What is it used for? | - |
| 3) | Political Regimes and Democracy | - |
| 4) | The Crisis of Democracy | - |
| 5) | Citizenship, Social Inclusion, and International Migration | - |
| 6) | Governance in Comparative Perspective | - |
| 7) | Neoliberalism and the Crisis of Capitalism | - |
| 8) | Revolutions and Social Conflict | - |
| 9) | Coups, Civil Wars, and Terrorism | - |
| 10) | Development and State Capacity in Asia | - |
| 11) | The Left Turn in Latin America | - |
| 12) | Social Movements and Global Resistance | - |
| 13) | Assignment submission and evaluation | - |
| 14) | General Review | - |
| 15) | Final Exam | - |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Yoktur/None |
| References: | Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus. (2017). Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context (4th Edition). Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Homework Assignments | 13 | 49 |
| Final | 15 | 59 |
| Total Workload | 150 | |