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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POL2731 | Electoral Systems and Party Systems | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
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 course provides the analytical knowledge and practical skills to understand party and electoral politics around the world. It addresses a wide range of important topics such as: parties and their definition, origins and evolution of parties, classification of parties and party types, parties in democratic and non-democratic regimes, importance and features of parties, party organizations, party members and membership, parties in parliaments, party leaders and leadership theories, major theories of parties, voters, voting behavior, types of vtoting, representation and theories of representation, elections, types of elections, electoral rules, electoral systems, and problems relating to different systems, and finally the major distinctions between parliamentary and presidential types of systems. The course also provides case examples for comparative purposes. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Grasp the basic concepts of democracy and party politics. 2. Examine how political regimes vary from liberal to illiberal – electoral democracies to authoritarian and totalitarian systems. 3. Compare the governmental systems of major industrial and post – industrial societies and of the major countries of the less developed world by looking at party politics and systems. 4. Identify strengths and weaknesses of parliamentary and presidential systems of government on the basis of concrete cases. 5. Identify strengths and weaknesses of centralized, devolved and federal state systems on the basis of concrete cases. 6. Identify strengths and weaknesses of majority, proportional representation and mixed election systems on the basis of concrete cases. 7. Recognize the importance of political parties, party systems and different types of elections in a variety of systems. 8. Evaluate recent trends in world politics. |
• Theories of Democracy • Political Institutions • Theories on Political Parties • Party Systems and Organisations • Representation and Voting Behaviour • Electoral Systems • Veto Actors • Case Studies |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | 1st Week: Introduction to the Course | |
2) | 2nd Week: Theories of Democracy | Ostrogorski, M. - Democracy & the Organization of Political Parties. Kirchheimer, O. - The Transformation of Western European Party Systems. |
3) | 3rd Week: Representation, Delegation, and Accountability | Strøm, K. & Müller, W.C. - Policy, Office, or Votes? How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions. |
4) | 4th Week: Governance, Political Culture, and New Citizen Politics | Gallagher, M., Laver, M. & Mair, P. - Representative Government in Modern Europe. |
5) | 5th Week: Presidential vs Parliamentary Systems | Michels, R. - Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Organizational Tendencies in Modern Democracies. |
6) | 6th Week: Political Parties, Organizations and Membership | Panebianco, A. - Political Parties: Organization & Power. |
7) | Midterm | |
8) | 8th Week: Theories on Parties | Hirschman, A.O. - Exit, Voice, & Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, & States. |
9) | 9th Week: Party Systems | Sartori, G. - Parties & Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis. |
10) | 10th Week: Participation, Voting Behavior and Elections | Diamond, L. & Gunther, R. - Political Parties & Democracy. |
11) | 11th Week: Electoral Systems | Lipset, S.M. & Rokkan, S. - Party Systems & Voter Alignments. |
12) | 12th Week: Party Politics and Elections in Europe | Kitschelt, H. - The Logics of Party Formation: Ecological Politics in Belgium & West Germany. |
13) | 13th Week: Party Politics and Elections in the US | Ware, A. - Political Parties & Party Systems. Mair, P. - Party System Change. |
14) | 14th Week: Party Politics and Elections in Turkey | Sayarı, S. & Esmer, Y. – Politics, Parties and Elections in Turkey. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Diamond, L. & Gunther, R. - Political Parties & Democracy. Gallagher, M., Laver, M. & Mair, P. - Representative Government in Modern Europe. Gunther, R., Montero, J.R. & Linz, J.J. - Political Parties: Old Concepts & New Challenges. Hirschman, A.O. - Exit, Voice, & Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, & States. Katz, R.S. & Mair, P. - How Parties Organize: Change & Adaptation in Party Organization in Western Democracies. Kirchheimer, O. - The Transformation of Western European Party Systems. Kitschelt, H. - The Logics of Party Formation: Ecological Politics in Belgium & West Germany. Laver, M. & Benoit, K. - Party Policy in Modern Democracies. Lipset, S.M. & Rokkan, S. - Party Systems & Voter Alignments. Michels, R. - Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Organizational Tendencies in Modern Democracies. Ostrogorski, M. - Democracy & the Organization of Political Parties. Panebianco, A. - Political Parties: Organization & Power. Sartori, G. - Parties & Party Systems: A Framework for Analysis. Strøm, K. & Müller, W.C. - Policy, Office, or Votes? How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions. Ware, A. - Political Parties & Party Systems. Mair, P. - Party System Change. Sayarı, S. & Esmer, Y. – Politics, Parties and Elections in Turkey. |
References: | Articles in Course Package ---- Ders Paketindeki Makaleler |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 102 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 148 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends. | 2 |
2) | He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning. | 2 |
3) | Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events. | 2 |
4) | Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders. | 2 |
5) | Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions. | 1 |
6) | Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures. | 2 |
7) | Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions. | 1 |
8) | Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods. | 2 |
9) | In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective. | 2 |
10) | Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines. | 1 |
11) | Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team. | 2 |