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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction |
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| 2) |
A short history of voting studies |
Required reading:
• Evans, Jocelyn A. C., Voters and Voting: an introduction. Chapter 2, London: Sage Publications, 2004.
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| 3) |
Main approaches to the study of voting behavior |
Required reading:
• Lau, Richard R., and Redlawsk, David P., How Voters Decide. Chapter 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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| 4) |
Rational vs emotional voter
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Required reading:
• Bartels, Larry M., “The Irrational Electorate” in The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2008, pp. 44-50. |
| 5) |
Economy as the main determinant of voting behavior
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Required reading:
• Brug, van der Wouter, Eijk, Cees van der and Franklin, Mark, The Economy and the Vote, Chapter 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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| 6) |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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| 7) |
Economy as the main determinant of voting behavior
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Required reading:
• Brug, van der Wouter, Eijk, Cees van der and Franklin, Mark, The Economy and the Vote, Chapter 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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| 8) |
Sociological approaches to the study of voting behavior |
Evans, Jocelyn A. C., Voters and Voting: an introduction. Chapter 3, London: Sage Publications, 2004. |
| 9) |
Socio-psychological approaches to the study of voting behavior |
Required readings:
• Harrop, Martin and Miller, William, L., Elections and Voters, Chapter 6, London: The MacMillan Press, 1987.
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| 10) |
Religion, religiosity and the voter |
Required reading:
• Esmer, Yılmaz and Pettersson, Thorleif “The Effects of Religion and Religiosity on Voting Behavior” in Dalton, Russell J. and Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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| 11) |
Experimental approaches to the study of voting behavior |
Required reading:
• Blais, Andre, et. al. eds., Voting Experiments, Introduction, Switzerland: Springer, 2016.
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| 12) |
Biology, neuroscience and voting
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Required readings:
• “Can Your Genes Predict Whether You’ll Be a Conservative or a Liberal?”
Avi Tuschman, The Atlantic, October 24, 2013.
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| 13) |
The Turkish Voter |
Required readings:
• Esmer “At the ballot box: determinants of voting behavior” in Sayari and Esmer, ch.5 and Esmer, Karadon and Baykal “Urban myths versus realities” in Canan-Sokullu, pp. 43-62.
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| 14) |
Wrap Up and Q&A |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. |
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| 2) |
Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. |
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| 3) |
Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. |
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| 4) |
Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. |
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| 5) |
Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. |
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| 6) |
Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. |
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| 7) |
Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. |
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| 8) |
Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. |
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| 9) |
Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. |
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| 10) |
Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. |
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| 11) |
Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. |
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| 12) |
Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
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