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PSIR 603 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Political Theory
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSIR 603
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Fall
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3
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0
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3
|
7.5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Required
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| Course Level |
Third Cycle
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| Course Objectives | This core course has two major objectives: (1) to introduce doctoral students to the fundamental questions and core concepts of political theory and (2) to explore the philosophical debates underlying political studies. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course is specifically designed for doctoral candidates in the Ph.D. programme and constitutes the core course in the field of political theory. The main purpose of the course is to assist students in preparing for their comprehensive examinations in the subfield. We will focus on exploring key texts within modern and contemporary political theory which are considered particularly influential and controversial. |
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Modern Liberty and Representative Government | Benjamin Constant, “The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns”, Constant: Political Writings (Cambridge University Press, 1988). James Madison, The Federalist Papers, 10. |
| 3 | Representative Government, Individual Rights, & Federalism | The Federalist Papers, Hamilton, 1, 6, 9, 23, 78; Madison, 14, 39, 45-48, 51, 62-63. Recommended Readings: • Thomas Hueglin, “Federalism at the Crossroads: Old Meanings, New Significance”, Canadian Journal of Political Science 36 (2) (2003): 275-294. • Miller, Joshua. “The Ghostly Body Politic: The Federalist Papers and Popular Sovereignty”, Political Theory, 16/1 (1988): 99-119. • Gordon Wood, “Democracy and the Constitution”, in How Democratic is the Constitution? R. A. Goldwin and W. A. Schambra (ed.) (AEI, 1980), 1-18. |
| 4 | Democracy | Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Vol. One, Part I, Chp. 2-4; Part II, Chp. 1-4, 6-9. |
| 5 | Contemporary Debates about Democracy: Representative, Direct, Open | Norberto Bobbio, “Representative and Direct Democracy”, in The Future of Democracy (Polity Press, 1991), 43-62. Hélène Landemore, Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press, 2020), 1-18, 25-56, 74-78. |
| 6 | Contemporary Debates about Federalism | Ferran Requejo, “Political Liberalism in Multinational States: the Legitimacy of Plural and Asymmetrical Federalism”, in Multinational Democracies, Alain G-Gagnon and James Tully (ed.) (Cambridge University Press, 2001), 110-131 Will Kymlicka, “Federalism, Nationalism, Multiculturalism”, in Theories of Federalism: A Reader, Dimitrion Karmis and Wayne Norman (Palgrave, 2005), 269-292. Ephraim Nimni, “The Twilight of the Two-State Solution in Israel-Palestine: Shared Sovereignty and Nonterritorial Autonomy as the New Dawn”, Nationalities Papers 48 (2) (2020): 339-356. |
| 7 | Paper Submission-I | |
| 8 | Is Populism a Threat to Democracy? | Fareed Zakaria, “The Rise of Illiberal Democracy”, Foreign Affairs 76 (8) (1997): 22-43. Margaret Canovan, “Trust the People: Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy”, Political Studies 47 (1) (1999): 2-16. Jan-Werner Müller, What is Populism? (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016), 1-74. |
| 9 | Militant Democracy: Historical Origins | Karl Loewenstein, (1937) “Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights I”, American Political Science Review, 31(3): 417-432. Karl Loewenstein, (1937) “Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights II”, American Political Science Review, 31(4): 638-658. Svetlana Tyulkina, Militant Democracy: Undemocratic Political Parties and Beyond (Routledge, 2015), 1-61. |
| 10 | Militant Democracy: Theoretical Debates | Alexander Kirshner, A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combating Political Extremism (Yale University Press, 2014), 1-60, 86-91. Benjamin A. Schupmann, Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2024), 1-78. |
| 11 | Militant Democracy: Comparative Perspectives | Svetlana Tyulkina, Militant Democracy: Undemocratic Political Parties and Beyond (Routledge, 2015), 65-109, 125-143. |
| 12 | Militant Democracy in Turkey | Svetlana Tyulkina, Militant Democracy: Undemocratic Political Parties and Beyond (Routledge, 2015), 169-205. Alexander Kirshner, A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combating Political Extremism (Yale University Press, 2014), 107-140. |
| 13 | Paper Submission-II | |
| 14 | Forms of Forgetting and Politics of Remembrance | Paul Connerton, “Seven Types of Forgetting”, Memory Studies 1 (1) (2008): 59-71. Aleida Assmann, “Dialogic Memory”, in Dialogue as a Transdisciplinary Concept, Paul Mendes-Flohr (De Gruyter, 2015), 199-214. Daniel Levy and Nathan Sznaider, “Memory Unbound: The Holocaust and the Formation of Cosmopolitan Memory”, European Journal of Social Theory, 5 (1): 87-106. |
| 15 | Cosmopolitan Memory vs Agonistic Memory? | Anna Cento Bull and Hans Lauge Hansen, “On Agonistic Memory”, Memory Studies 9 (4) (2016): 390-404. Gavriel Rosenfeld, “The Rise of Illiberal Memory”, Memory Studies 16 (4) (2023): 709-723. |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Stated above. All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
2
|
30
|
| Presentation / Jury |
1
|
20
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam |
1
|
40
|
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
5
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60
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
|
40
|
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
0
|
|
| Study Hours Out of Class |
12
|
8
|
96
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
|
||
| Homework / Assignments |
2
|
20
|
40
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
|
20
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20
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
0
|
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| Final Exam |
1
|
21
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21
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| Total |
225
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 |
To be able to improve and deepen the theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations. |
-
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-
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-
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-
|
X
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|
| 2 |
To be able to evaluate critically and analytically the relationships between various factors in the discipline of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture at an advanced level. |
-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 3 |
To be able to determine the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature and gain the ability of questioning at an advanced level. |
-
|
-
|
X
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 4 |
To be able to gain the ability to develop innovative, leading and original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature. |
-
|
X
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-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 5 |
To be able to gather, analyze, and interpret the data by using advanced qualitative or quantitative research methods in Political Science and International Relations. |
-
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-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 6 |
To be able to develop original academic works and publish scientific articles in refereed national or international indexed journals in the field of Political Science and International Relations. |
-
|
X
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-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 7 |
To be able to describe individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms. |
-
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X
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-
|
-
|
-
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| 8 |
To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity and/or as part of a team in generating innovative and analytical solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 9 |
To be able to develop projects in determining the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in national and international politics. |
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 10 |
To be able to prepare an original thesis in Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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| 11 |
To be able to follow new research and developments, publish scientific articles and participate the debates in academic meetings in Political Science and International Relations through a foreign language. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
|
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| 12 |
To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations. |
X
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-
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-
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-
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-
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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