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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to the course |
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| 2) |
History of Southeastern Europe |
Paschalis Kitromilides, “’Imagined Communities’ and the Origins of the National Question in the Balkans”, European History Quarterly, vol. 19 (1989), pp. 149-192; Maria Todorova, Imagining the Balkans, увод под насловом “Balkanism and Orientalism: Are they Different Categories?”, pp. 3-20; Laura Silber and Allan Little, The Death of Yugoslavia, BBC Books, Penguin 1996; Ana Ljubojević, Changing Memoryscapes in post- Yugoslav Countries: Social (Re)construction of Places of Memory, Contemporary Southeastern Europe Special Issue, 2021, 8(2), 24-31.
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| 3) |
Cultures and Societies of Southeastern Europe
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Vjekoslav Perica, Balkan Idols. Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002; Eric Gordy, The Culture of Power in Serbia: Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives, University Park, Pa.: Penn State University Press, 1999); Andrew Wachtel, Making a Nation, Breaking a Nation, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998; Moritz Pfeifer, Neighbors: Where do Emir Kusturica and Slavoj Žižek meet in Underground (1995)? Vol 13: 2012, https://eefb.org/retrospectives/where-do-emir-kusturica-and-slavoj-zizek-meet-in-underground-1995/. |
| 4) |
The economics of transition in Southeastern Europe: Open Balkans |
Saul Estrin, Grzegorz Kolodko, Milica Uvalic (eds) (2007), Transition and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan; Milica Uvalic (2010, 2012), Serbia’s Transition/Tranzicija u Srbiji, Palgrave Macmillan and Zavod za udzbenike; M. Uvalic (2001), “Regional cooperation in Southeast Europe”, Southeast Europe and Black Sea Studies, vol. 1, no.1; M. Uvalic (2002), “Regional Co-operation and EU Enlargement – Lessons Learned”, International Political Science Review, 23/3. Gojko M. Rikalović; Dejan S. Molnar; Sonja N. Josipović. THE OPEN BALKAN AS A DEVELOPMENT DETERMINANT OF THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES. In: Acta Economica, Vol 20, Iss 36 (2022); University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, 2022. |
| 5) |
Social transformation in contemporary Southeastern Europe |
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, “Deconstructing Balkan particularism: the ambiguous social
capital of Southeastern Europe,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 5:1 (2005), pp. 49-68; Kathleen M. Dowley and Brian D. Silver, “Social Capital, Ethnicity and Support for Democracy in the Post-Communist States,” Europe-Asia Studies, 54:4 (2002), pp. 505-527; Ruby Gropas, “Integrating the Balkans in the European Union: Addressing social capital, the informal economy and regional co-operation challenges in Southeast Europe,” ELIAMEP, 2006.; Joel Hellman, “Winners Take All: The Politics of Partial Reform in Post-Communist Transitions," World Politics 50:2 (January 1998), pp. 203-234; Luljeta Demolli, property rights, economic dependence and the glass ceiling for women in Kosovo, Perspectives Southeastern Europe #10: Women in Western Balkans - Rights and Fights, HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG, 2020, ss. 77-80.
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| 6) |
WRAP UP AND Q&A |
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| 7) |
Midterm Exam |
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| 8) |
European integration and enlargement |
Desmond Dinan, Europe Recast: History of European Integration, Palgrave-MacMillan, 2007; Dorian Jano, The Europeanization of the Western Balkans, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller; 2010; Heather Grabbe, The EU’s Transformative Power: Europeanization through Conditionality in Central and Eastern Europe, Palgrave Macmillan; 2006; Horvat, Srećko & Štiks, Igor. (2012). Welcome to the Desert of Transition!: Post-Socialism, the European Union, and a New Left in the Balkans. Monthly Review. 63. 38. 10.14452/MR-063-10-2012-03_4. Abdullah Sencer Gözübenli, and Nazli Tekeshanoska. “Europeanization of the Balkans vs. Balkanization of Europe: A Vision Limited by Realities.” 2018 UBT International Conference (2018). |
| 9) |
EU Policy towards South-Eastern Europe (SEE) |
Sabrina Ramet (ed.). Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010; Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski, Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010; Tamara Banjeglav, ‘We Were Refugees Ourselves!’ Discursive Framing of the ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Croatia and Collective Memories of the 1990s War Contemporary Southeastern Europe Research Articles, 2022, 9(1), 11-32; Eşref Yalınkılıçlı, FROM NEO-BALKANIZATION TO EUROPEANIZATION: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE WESTERN BALKANS, Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi, Cilt/Volume 3, Sayı/Number 2, Aralık/December 2014, ss. 127-149. |
| 10) |
Human rights and minority protection in Southeastern Europe |
Joseph Marko, „Ethnopolitics. The Challenge for Human and Minority Rights Protection“, in: C. Corradetti (ed.): Philosophical Dimensions of Human Rights. Some Contemporary Views, Springer Publisher 2012; J. Marko, „The Law and Politics of Diversity Management: A Neo-institutional Approach“, in: European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 6, 2007/08 (2008); Ch. Ingrao, Th. Emmert (eds.), Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies. A Scholars’ Initiative, Purdue UP, 2009; Boris Pavelić, a Croatian story: “an extraordinary EU Member” at the price of human rights, Perspectives Southeastern Europe #8: "Stabilocracy" and/or radicalisation, HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG, 2019, ss. 40-45. |
| 11) |
Presentations
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The Pre-accession strategy & The accession negotiations: Slovenia, Croatia |
| 12) |
Presentations |
The Pre-accession strategy & The accession negotiations: Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania |
| 13) |
Presentations |
The Pre-accession strategy & The accession negotiations: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo |
| 14) |
WRAP UP AND Q&A |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. |
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| 2) |
To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels |
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| 3) |
To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. |
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| 4) |
To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes |
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| 5) |
To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills |
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| 6) |
To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. |
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To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. |
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| 8) |
To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective |
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| 9) |
To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge |
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| 10) |
To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects |
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| 11) |
To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. |
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| 12) |
To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
