ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Political Science and International Relations (Master) (with Thesis) | |||||
| Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | SUY5004 | ||||
| Course Name: | Comparative Political Systems | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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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: | Prof. Dr. FAHRİ ERENEL | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Assc. Prof. Fahri ERENEL | ||||
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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 applications by referring to historical events and processes around the world. 2) They will examine various systems of governance around the world, explore the historical and cultural sources of political conflicts and different development trajectories, 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: | Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context (4th Edition). Thousand Oaks, California: CQ Press |
| References: | Stephen Orvis and Carol Ann Drogus. (2017). |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) Have knowledge about the basic theoretical debates in the field of Political Science and International Relations | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2) Define contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of Political Science and International Relations at national and international level. | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3) Relate the interaction of the Department of Political Science and International Relations with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economy, business). | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4) Evaluate and discuss the events in interdisciplinary dimension, acquire knowledge and skills, conduct research using social sciences methods and follow the field | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5) Political and social processes that take place in Turkey and in the world, able to solve problems and the causes of these problems, on the relationship of citizens with political structures reveals scientifically. | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6) Uses leadership characteristics in the field of political science and International Relations with the consciousness of team work. | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 7) Designs and prepares scientific studies such as theoretical or experimental projects, reports, articles and theses, either on their own or with others, and uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques related to their field. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what they need and critically question the information they have acquired. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 9) Can provide opinions, thoughts and solutions in the fields of Political Science and International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and oral form. | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 10) Follow developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 11) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have knowledge about the basic theoretical debates in the field of Political Science and International Relations | 1 |
| 2) | Define contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of Political Science and International Relations at national and international level. | 2 |
| 3) | Relate the interaction of the Department of Political Science and International Relations with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economy, business). | 1 |
| 4) | Evaluate and discuss the events in interdisciplinary dimension, acquire knowledge and skills, conduct research using social sciences methods and follow the field | 2 |
| 5) | Political and social processes that take place in Turkey and in the world, able to solve problems and the causes of these problems, on the relationship of citizens with political structures reveals scientifically. | 1 |
| 6) | Uses leadership characteristics in the field of political science and International Relations with the consciousness of team work. | 2 |
| 7) | Designs and prepares scientific studies such as theoretical or experimental projects, reports, articles and theses, either on their own or with others, and uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques related to their field. | 2 |
| 8) | Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what they need and critically question the information they have acquired. | 2 |
| 9) | Can provide opinions, thoughts and solutions in the fields of Political Science and International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and oral form. | 3 |
| 10) | Follow developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | 2 |
| 11) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | 1 |
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 | 45 |
| Final | 15 | 63 |
| Total Workload | 150 | |