POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (ENGLISH, PHD)
PhD	TR-NQF-HE: Level 8	QF-EHEA: Third Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
POL6012	Political Sociology	Spring	3	0	3	12

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s):	Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	The course offers theoretical tools for understanding and analyzing politics. The course will examine questions such as: How are campaigns managed and elections won? What is the role of the media in politics? What is power? What is the state? How is the state related to other social structures and actors? Is the state autonomous? What accounts for cross national differences in the adoption and form of public policies? What accounts for the emergence, development, form and success of social movements? What are the main policy and political achievements of the Bush presidency? What accounts for them? What causes terrorism? This course aims at analyzing the relationship between politics and sociology, identifying and analyzing relevant theories and providing the ability to produce them.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
will acquire the competencies cited below:
1. Study Relation of sociology and politics
2. Classify theories of political sociology
3. Analyze sociology and politics
4. Combine sociology and politics
5. Argue political sociology

Course Content

It will introduce students to the social dimension of a variety of political phenomena such as the modern nation-state, the governance of science and technology, political
communication and citizenship. It will also explore the challenges faced by the nation-state as a result of social movements, new conceptions of democracy and globalization.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Class, Power and the State
2)	Gender, Race and the State
3)	The Welfare State
4)	Civic Life and Political Participation
5)	Civic Life and Political Participation (continued)
6)	Social Movements and Culture
7)	Social Movements and Culture (continued)
8)	Terrorism as Movement Strategy
9)	Terrorism as Movement Strategy (continued)
10)	Electoral systems
11)	Media and social media in politics
12)	Means of Legal opposition
13)	Review of the course
14)	Presentation of term papers

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Popkin, Samuel L. The Reasoning Voter: Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1994.

Kingdon, John W. 1999. America the Unusual. New York: Worth Publishers.

Marx, Karl & Friedrich Engels. 1983. The Communist Manifesto. New York: Washington Square Press.

Eliasoph, Nina. 1998. Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life: New York: Cambridge University Press.

Polletta, F. 2006. It Was Like a Fever. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 20
Homework Assignments	3	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Application	14	56
Study Hours Out of Class	14	74
Homework Assignments	1	3
Total Workload		175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Grasp advanced theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and the dynamic relations between them at the level of practice.
2)	Possess advanced knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies.
3)	Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in Social and Behavioral Sciences.
4)	Possess the skill to use field-related advanced knowledge in decision-making and implementation.
5)	Communicate with ease the theoretical and practical implications of their innovative ideas, techniques, designs and/or practices to related audience.
6)	Contribute innovative ideas, techniques, designs and practices to the field professionally, either independently or as a team member.
7)	Publish in national and/or international peer-reviewed scholarly journals either independently or as a team member.
8)	Organize various activities and projects related to the field.
9)	Follow contemporary scholarly publications related to the field.
10)	Recognize the gaps in the field as regards theory and practice.
11)	Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies.
12)	Establish an effective dialogue with experts demonstrating their field-related competence.
13)	Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era.
14)	Contribute solutions to field-related social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems at the national and international levels.