POL4991 Political Culture and DemocracyBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FILM AND TELEVISIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code: POL4991
Ders İsmi: Political Culture and Democracy
Ders Yarıyılı: Spring
Fall
Ders Kredileri:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 4
Language of instruction: English
Ders Koşulu:
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: No
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives: This course is designed to discuss theories, methods, and findings of empirical research on democratic political culture. First, we will discuss a general frame of reference for the study of political culture and then we move into the classics to distinguish between different types of democratic communities. After setting out the stage for a general framework, we proceed to a detailed examination of Turkish political culture.
Course Content: Defining democratization, approaches to the measurement of democracy, classical and contemporary theories, analysis of democratic political culture, ‘‘The Civic Culture“, Islam and democracy, Turkish political culture

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) What is democratization? What are the major analytical tools for studying democratization? How can regimes be classified? What are the two essential conditions of a democratic regime? Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 2 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009). Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 3 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009).
3) Approaches to the measurement of democracy, major indices of democracy Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 3 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009).
4) Classical and contemporary theories of democracy and democratization. Different paths to democratization Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 6 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009).
5) When and how democratization fails? Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 17 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009).
6) A general framework for the analysis of democratic political culture Required reading: • Dieter Fuchs. 2007. “The Political Culture Paradigm.” In Russell J. Dalton and Hans-Dieter Klingemann (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 161-184.
7) MIDTERM EXAM
8) A true classic in the study of political culture: "The Civic Culture" Required readings: • Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba. 1963. The Civic Culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press. esp. chapters 1, 2, 13. • Gabriel Almond, 1980. “The Intellectual History of the Civic Culture Concept.” In Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, eds., The Civic Culture Revisited. Boston: Little Brown, pp. 1-36.
9) Political culture as an essential factor in sustaining a democratic regime. Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 9 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009).
10) Gender, gender equality, women’s rights and democracy: do we know the answer to this question? Required reading: • Democratization-Chapter 10 (C. W. Haerpfer, P. Bernhagen, R. F. Inglehart, C. Welzel, Oxford University Press, 2009).
11) Religion, religiosity and democracy. Required readings: • Samuel P. Huntington. 1993. “The Clash of Civilizations.” Foreign Affairs 72(3): 22-49. • Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. 2003. “Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis.” In Ronald Inglehart (ed.). Human Values and Social Change. Leiden: Brill, 5-33. • Yilmaz Esmer, “Is There and Islamic Civilization?” in Ronald Inglehart (ed.) Human Values and Social Change. Leiden: Brill,
12) Rising populism and democracy: Can democracy survive the rising tide of populism? Required readings: • Yascha Mounk, 2018 The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It? Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 41-61. • Rick Shenkman, “The Shocking Paper Predicting the End of Democracy,” Sept 08, 2019, Politico.
13) Turkish Political Culture Required reading: • Y. Esmer, A. Okcuoglu, S. Kurutas, “Political Culture: A Tale of Two Civilizations” in E. Canan Sokullu, ed., Turkey in Transition: Politics, Society and Foreign Policy. Peter Lang, 2020, 81-100.
14) General Review

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Weekly readings will be uploaded on ItsLearning at the beginning of the semester. Please note that all book chapters and articles listed on the syllabus are also accessible through the BAU Library.
References: Haftalık ders okumalarının tamamı, dönem başında ItsLearning’e yüklenir. Ders izlencesinde yer alan tüm kitap bölümleri ve makalelere BAU Kütüphanesi’nden de erişilebilir.

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları
Program Outcomes
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society 4
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art 3
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area 1
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 1
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 2
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot 2
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white 3
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 5

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 13 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 13 39
Study Hours Out of Class 13 58
Midterms 1 1.5
Final 1 1.5
Total Workload 100