POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (ENGLISH, PHD) | |||||
PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POL6003 | Comparative Politics | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Must Course |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ARDA CAN KUMBARACIBAŞI |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | This seminar has two goals. First, the seminar aims at familiarizing you with the core issues and fields of research in comparative politics. Second, it strives to provide you with conceptual, analytical and theoretical tols necessary for comparative political research. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Acquires social, scientific and ethical values under any circumstances with regard to the field of Political Science and International Relations in data collection, interpretation, and dissemination processes and also develops knowledge and deepens the level of expertise. Acquires knowledge on geographical, institutional, structural, conceptual and theoretical development of the international relations; also on the political, economic and juridical foundation of the state. Evaluated to be critical a variety of security issues, strategies, and practical consequences in the international arena. |
This course is a survey of major topics in comparative politics for Ph.D. students in political science. Comparative politics is both a method and a subject. As a subject, comparative politics studies the structures, institutions and outcomes of political processes. As a method, comparative politics aims at systematically comparing and contrasting the political mechanisms (not just of different countries, but in different regions and transnational formations) in order to increase our knowledge of political life. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
2) | What is comparative politics? | Arend Lijphardt, “Comparative politics and comparative method,” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 65, No. 3 (September 1971), pp. 682-693. David Collier, “The comparative method” in Political Science: The state of the discipline II, edited by A.W. Finifter, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association. |
3) | Thinking about Power | John Gaventa, Power and Powerlessness. Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley (University of Illinois Press, 1982), 3-32. Jeffrey C. Isaac, “Beyond the Three Faces of Power: A Realist Critique,” Polity, Vol. 20, No.1 (Autumn 1987), pp.4-31. |
4) | State building | Thomas Ertman, Birth of the Leviathan : Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1997) |
5) | Democracy and Social Classes | Barrington Moore, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World (Beacon Press, 1993) |
6) | States and Revolutions | Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China (Cambridge University Press, 1979) |
7) | Regimes and Performance | Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Crown Business, 2012) |
8) | Nationalism | Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Verso, 2006) |
9) | Political Culture | Robert D. Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton, 1994) |
10) | Social Movements | Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement (Cambridge, 2011) |
11) | Institutions and Interests | Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Harvard, 1970) |
12) | Institutions and Political Development | Samuel P. Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies (Yale, 2006) |
13) | Political Violence | Stathis Kalyvas, The Logic of Violence in Civil War |
14) | Overview and general assessment of the course | Acedemic Articles and related books |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Thomas Ertman, Birth of the Leviathan : Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1997) Barrington Moore, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World (Beacon Press, 1993) Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China (Cambridge University Press, 1979) Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Crown Business, 2012) Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Verso, 2006) Robert D. Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton, 1994) Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement (Cambridge, 2011) Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Harvard, 1970) Samuel P. Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies (Yale, 2006) Stathis Kalyvas, The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Cambridge, 2006) |
References: | Arend Lijphardt, “Comparative politics and comparative method,” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 65, No. 3 (September 1971), pp. 682-693 David Collier, “The comparative method” in Political Science: The state of the discipline II, edited by A.W. Finifter, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association John Gaventa, Power and Powerlessness. Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley (University of Illinois Press, 1982), 3-32 Jeffrey C. Isaac, “Beyond the Three Faces of Power: A Realist Critique,” Polity, Vol. 20, No.1 (Autumn 1987), pp.4-31 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
Homework Assignments | 14 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Application | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
Homework Assignments | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Paper Submission | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Total Workload | 225 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Have the social, scientific and ethical values under any circumstances with related to the field of Political Science and International Relations in data collection, interpretation, and dissemination stage also information to develop and deepen the level of expertise. | 5 |
2) | Students can critically evaluate the political developments, strategies and practical outcomes on the international political arena, based on theoretical knowledge. | 4 |
3) | Have the knowledge of the nation state to the present day about geographical, institutional, structural, conceptual and theoretical development of the international relations; the political, economic and juridical foundation of the state. Evaluated to be critical a variety of security issues, strategies, and practical consequences in the international arena. | 5 |
4) | Possess the ability to recognize problems and create original solutions through independent and critical thinking, as well as the ability to develop theoretical concepts. In addition, a knowledge of recent advances within one's field and in related areas, an understanding of relevant research methodologies and techniques and their appropriate application within one's research field. | 4 |
5) | Through completion of advanced course work and rigorous skills training, the doctoral program prepares students to make original contributions to the knowledge of Political Science and to interpret and present the results of such research. | 5 |
6) | Distinguish among and apply the distinct levels of analysis and the leading schools of thought in political science and international relations to understand and explain international political phenomena | 4 |
7) | Distinguish among leading schools of thought in comparative politics and apply and critically discuss these approaches in understanding and explaining domestic political phenomena | 5 |