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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 |
SOC3054 | Military Sociology | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | "." |
Course Objectives: | The course aims at introducing students major military sociological concepts in the field. It also aims to able to describe and compare the civil-military related theoretical views; and enable students to use these theoretical perspectives in order to employ them in country analyses. Students are required to use their knowledge for developing a research project paper based on a case study of a country. Students will acquire a broad, general knowledge of current debates within military sociology and at the same time as developing specialist knowledge of the key social and cultural dynamics shaping civil military relations in the world and in Turkey. Students are required to use their knowledge for developing a research project paper based on a case study of a country and civil military relations in this particular country or countries. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students who succeed in this course will be able to: 1)Descibe the knowledge of the sociological approach to studying military and society (2) Describe and synthesize sociological concepts and theories in the field of military sociology (3) Demonstrate the knowledge of the military and the nation state formation (4)Employ the social research method to the study of the civil-military relations and the military- society and state relations from a sociological perspective (5)Demonstrate the knowledge of the major conceptual and research issues related to democratic civil control of military (6)Analyze and discuss contemporary civil-military related issues using a sociological perspective (7)Compare various models of civil military relations (8) Demonstrate the ability to discuss the social dynamics of security culture and military (9) Analyze Turkish military by using a sociological perspective (10) Develop a research proposal and design research project to study military and society |
The course has three major components. Firstly, it reviews the early literature on the topic as defined by Huntington’s conceptualization of the military. Secondly, the course covers the following topics in the study of civil-military relations: the military in processes of state formation, the relationship among the military, state and society, typology of military influence on civilian politics, civilian control of the military, security culture and de-militarization. Thirdly, it selects several countries as a case study to examine the military-state-society relations, democratization and demilitarization processes |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction of the Early literature | Mills, C. Wright(1956). The Power Elite. New York: Oxford University Press. Samuel P. Huntington. 1957. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations. New York. Vintage Books. Samuel E. Finer. 1962. The Man on the Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics. London. Pall Mall Press. Samuel P. Huntington. 1968. Political Order in Changing Societies (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series). Yale University Press. |
2) | The military, the state, and society: Huntington’s Paradigm I | Amos Perlmutter . 1969. “The Praetorian State and the Praetorian Army: Toward a Taxonomy of Civil-MilitaryRelations in Developing Polities” . Comparative Politics, Vol. 1, No. 3, (Apr., 1969), pp. 382-404 Published by: Ph.D. Program in Political Science of the City University of New York Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/421446 Amos Perlmutter. 1977. The Military and Politics in Modern Times: on Professionals, Praetorians, and Revolutionary Soldiers. New Haven. Yale University Press. . Chapter 1. |
3) | The military, the state, and society: Huntington’s Paradigm II Professional Solider: Huntington’s Professional Soldier Janowitz’s Professional Soldier | Morris Janowitz. 1971.The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York. The Free Press |
4) | The military, the state, and society: Huntington’s Paradigm II (continue) | Morris Janowitz. 1971.The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait. New York. The Free Press. |
5) | The military, the state, and society: concordance and civil-military coalition Paradigm III Political and Security Cultures and Military: Cultural Variables Blurring the Civil-Military Domain Separation | Peter J. Katzenstein, 1996. Cultural Norms and National Security: Police and Military in Postwar Japan, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, Peter J. Katzenstein (ed.), 1996 . The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics, Columbia, NY, Columbia University Press. Ali Karaosmanoglu, 2008. “Turkish Security Culture: Evolutionary or carved in Stone”, paper presented at the conference on “Perceptions and Misperceptions in the EU and Turkey: Stumbling blocks on the road accession”, organized by the center for European Security Studies (CESS and Turkey Institute, 26-27 June, 2008, Amsterdam. Peter Karsten. 1998. The Military-State-Society Symbiosis (Military and Society, Routledge; 1 edition. 1998). http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0815332378/ref=sib_dp_srch_pop?v=search-inside&keywords=&go.x=11&go.y=8 |
6) | Huntington’s Separate Domains Model Debate : Luckham’s Interaction, Feaver’s Agency Theory and Sciff’s Concordance Theory | Robin Luckham, 1971. “A Comparative Typology of Civil-Military Relations,” Government and Opposition, 6(1): 5-35. Feaver, Peter D. 1996. The civil-military problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the question of civilian control. Armed Forces & Society 23(2): 149-178. Rebecca L. Schiff, , 1995. “Civil-Military Relations: A Theory of Concordance,” Armed Forces and Society, 22, 1. Richard S. Wells, 1996. “The Theory of Concordance in Civil-Military Relations: a Commentary,” Armed Forces and Society, 23, 2, Winter. Task: Home assignment submission of Book review |
7) | The military and Nation State Formation: War, State-Building, Military Mobilisation and Nationalism in Pre-modern and Modern Europe | Charles Tilly, 1990. Coercion, Capital, and European States. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Charles Tilly (Ed), 1975. The Formation of National States in Western Europe. Princeton Princeton University Press. Samuel E. Finer, 197. “State- and Nation-Building in Europe: The Role of the Military,” in Charles Tilly, Ed. The Formation of National States in Western Europe. Princeton. Princeton University Press. Brian Downing. 1992. The Military Revolution and Political Change: Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe. Princeton. Princeton University Press |
8) | Sözlü Sunum | John Samuel Fitch. 1998. The Armed Forces and Democracy in Latin America. Wendy Hunter. 1996. State & Soldier in Latin America: Redefining the Military’s Role in Argentina, Brazil, & Chile. Diane Publishing Books. Arturo Valenzuela, The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Chile (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978). Task: Home assignment submission of project proposal |
9) | The Military, Society and State in Asia: India and Pakistan | Riaz Ahmed Sheikh. "Pakistan Military's Role in the Asian context". International Conference on “Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution in a Globalized World. July 14 ~ 17, 2008, Seoul, Korea. Stephen Peter Rosen. Societies and Military Power: India and its Armies. Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 1996. |
10) | The Military and Politics: Militarization and Democratization in Africa | George Klay, Jr. Kieh and Pita Ogaba Agbese (Eds). 2004. The Military and Politics in Africa: From Engagement to Democratic and Constitutional Control (Contemporary Perspectives on Developing Societies) London Ashgate Publishing. Seitz, Steven Thomas. “The Military in Black African Politics “ African and Asian Studies, Volume 26, Numbers 1-2, 1991 , pp. 61-75(15) |
11) | Conscription and all-volunteer Forces: Change in manning format and the impact on civil-military relations | Yantsislav Yanakiev: Diversity in the All-volunteer Forces: Theoretical Perspectives, Institutional Assessment and Policy Implications. International Conference on “Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution in a Globalized World. July 14 -17, 2008, Seoul, Korea Johan Österberg. What are the possibilities to recruit young men and women to the Swedish mission- oriented defence- three empirical studies. International Conference on “Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution in a Globalized World. July 14 - 17, 2008, Seoul, Korea |
12) | Araştırma projesinin sınıfta sözlü sunumu ve tartışma | |
13) | Oral presentation of research project in the classroom and debate | |
14) | Araştırma projesinin sınıfta sözlü sunumu ve tartışma | Oral presentation of research project in the classroom and debate |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Giuseppe Caforio (ed.), 2006. Handbook of the Sociology of the Military, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Weekly specific readings Weber, Max. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Los Angeles: Roxbury Company, 2002. ISBN 1891487434 Weekly readings Haftalık belirlenen okumalar |
References: | References are listed in the weekly program Diğer Kaynaklar haftalık programda listelendi. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 5 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
Presentation | 2 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
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 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 133 |
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 |