Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction |
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2) |
Models of democracy |
• David Held. Models of Democracy. (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2006), Chapter 1.
• Mark Bevir, “Representative Democracy” in The Encyclopedia of Political Theory (2010): 1188 – 1190.
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3) |
Participatory and Deliberative Democracy |
• Mark Bevir, “Participatory Democracy” in The Encyclopedia of Political Theory (2010): 1018-1019.
• Benjamin Barber, Selections from Strong Democracy (1984)*
• Carole Pateman, “Participatory Democracy Revisited.” Perspectives on Politics 10:1 (2012): 7-19.
• James S. Fishkin, “Deliberative Polling: Executive Summary.” Center for Deliberative Democracy.
http://cdd.stanford.edu/polls/docs/summary/
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4) |
Philosophical Underpinnings of Democracy |
• Aristotle, Selections from Politics (335-323 B.C.)*
• John Locke, Selections from The Second Treatise on Government (1688) *
• John Stuart Mill, Selections from On Liberty (1859)*
Suggested:
• David Held. Models of Democracy. (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2006), Chapters 2 and 3. |
5) |
Pluralism vs. Elitism |
• Curtis V. Smith, “Elitism vs. Pluralism: Of Robert Dahl, the Working Middle Class Vote and the 2008 Presidential Election”, Kansas City, Kansas Community College, E-Journal, vol 2. No.2 (October 2008), Section Review of Who Governs?
http://www.kckcc.edu/docs/default-source/ejournal/archives/elitism-vs-pluralism-of-robert-dahl-the-working-middle-class-vote-and-the-2008-presidential-election.pdf
• C. Wright Mills. “The Mass Society” and “The Higher Circles” in The Power Elite. (Oxford Press, 1956)
• Joseph Schumpeter. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. (London and New York: Routledge, 2003), 269-273.
Suggested:
• David Held. Models of Democracy. (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2006), Chapter 5: 141-157. |
6) |
Democracy and Distribution |
• Ian Shapiro. The State of Democratic Theory. (Princeton University Press, 2006), Chapter 5 |
7) |
Midterm |
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8) |
Multiculturalism: Philosophical Justifications |
• Charles Taylor, “The Politics of Recognition.” In Multiculturalism, edited by Amy Gutmann (Princeton University Press, 1994): 25-44, 51-73
• Will Kymlicka. Multicultural Citizenship. (Clarendon Press, Oxford: 1996), Chapter 5.
• Song, Sarah, "Multiculturalism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/multiculturalism/
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9) |
Multiculturalism: Criticisms I |
• Susan Moller Okin, “Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?,” Princeton University Press, 1999, 7-24. |
10) |
Multiculturalism: Criticisms II |
• Kenan Malik, “The Failure of Multiculturalism,” The Foreign Affairs, 2015
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/western-europe/failure-multiculturalism
• Will Kymlicka, “Multiculturalism: Success, Failure and the Future”, Transatlantic Council on Migration
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/TCM-Multiculturalism-Web.pdf
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11) |
Globalization and Democracy |
• David Held. “The transformation of political community: rethinking democracy in the context of globalization” in Democracy’s Edges, edited by Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999): 84-111. |
12) |
Democracy Promotion |
• Peter Burnell, “Does International Democracy Promotion Work?” Bonn : Dt. Inst. für Entwicklungspolitik, 2007. – (Discussion Paper / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik ; 17/2007) ISBN 978-3-88985-354-7 |
13) |
Is democracy the only alternative |
• Eric Li, “Why China’s Political Model is Superior,” The New York Times. Feb 16., 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/opinion/why-chinas-political-model-is-superior.html
• Yasheng Huang, “Why Democracy Still Wins”, Global Policy Journal Blog, April 25, 2014. http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/25/04/2014/why-democracy-still-wins-critique-eric-x-li%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9C-tale-two-political-systems%E2%80%9D
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14) |
GENERAL EVALUATION |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society |
4 |
2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
3 |
3) |
Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area |
1 |
4) |
Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey |
1 |
5) |
Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product |
2 |
6) |
Being able to write a script ready to be shot |
2 |
7) |
Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment |
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8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
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9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
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10) |
Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage |
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11) |
Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white |
3 |
12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
5 |