GRADUATE SCHOOL
PhD in Political Science and International Relations
PSIR 605 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Comparative Politics
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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PSIR 605
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Spring
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3
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0
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3
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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 | By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to identify, analyze and critically evaluate different forms of states, state institutions, political regimes, political parties, electoral systems and mass behavior. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course introduces students to the study of political institutions, political culture, political behavior and political processes from a comparative perspective. Students will become familiar with the main theories, methods and terms used in comparative politics. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction – syllabus presentation and explanation. | Syllabus and documents containing rules for the undertaking and evaluation of students’ individual analytical work |
| 2 | Comparative politics and theory | Todd Landman, Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics. Routledge. Chapter 1. Lijphart, Arend. "Comparative politics and the comparative method." American political science review 65, no. 03 (1971): 682-693. Kohli, Atul, Peter Evans, Peter J. Katzenstein, Adam Przeworski, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, James C. Scott, and Theda Skocpol. "The role of theory in comparative politics: A symposium." World Politics 48, no. 01 (1995): 1-49. |
| 3 | Comparative method | Landman, Chapters 2 and 3. |
| 4 | State Theory | Skocpol, Theda. 1985, “Bringing the State Back in: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research,” in Peter Evans, et al, Bringing the State Back In. Evans, Peter. "The eclipse of the state? Reflections on stateness in an era of globalization." World politics 50, no. 01 (1997): 62-87. Migdal, Joel S. State in society: Studying how states and societies transform and constitute one another. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Chapters 1-3. Suggested: Held, David, Political Theory and the Modern State, Stanford UP, 1989. |
| 5 | Democracy and Democratization | Seymour M. Lipset. 1959. “Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy,” American Political Science Review 53: 69 105. Samuel P. Huntington, “Will More Countries Become Democratic?” Political Science Quarterly, 99 (Summer 1984): 193-218. Geddes, Barbara. 1999. ‘What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years?’ Annual Review of Political Science, 2:115‐44. Munck, Geraldo L., and Jay Verkuilen. 2002. ‘Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indices.’ Comparative Political Studies 35: 5‐34. Horowitz, Donald, “Democracy in Divided Societies”, Journal of Democracy, vol.4, no.4, (Oct 1993), p.18-38 |
| 6 | Democratic Backsliding and Authoritarianism | Linz, Juan J., Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, Rienner Publishers, 2000. ‘Unwelcome Change: Coming to Terms with Democratic Backsliding’ David Waldner and Ellen Lust Annual Review of Political Science 2018 21:1, 93-113; Larry Diamond (2021) Democratic regression in comparative perspective: scope, methods, and causes, Democratization, 28:1, 22-42; Cemal Burak Tansel (2018) Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Democratic Backsliding in Turkey: Beyond the Narratives of Progress, South European Society and Politics, 23:2, 197-217 |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | Government and Its Branches | Linz, Juan. 1990. ‘The Perils of Presidentialism.’ Journal of Democracy 1(1): 51‐69. Landman, Chap. 8 Riggs, Fred W. 1997. ‘Presidentialism versus parliamentarism: Implications for representativeness and legitimacy.’ International Political Science Review, 18 (3): 253‐278. Ljiphart, Arend, Patterns of Democracy, Yale UP, 2012. |
| 9 | Political and Social Movements | Della Porta, Donatella, and Mario Diani, Social Movements: An Introduction, Wiley and Blackwell, 2006. Suggested Read: Tilly, Charles and Sidney Tarrow, Contentious Politics, Oxford UP, 2015. |
| 10 | Political Conflict | Landman, Chap. 5. Mark I. “An Evaluation of "Does Economic Inequality Breed Political Conflict?" Studies.” World Politics Vol. 41, No. 4 (Jul., 1989), pp. 431-470. Eastery, William. Can Institutions Resolve Ethnic Conflict? Economic Development and Cultural Change. Vol. 49, No. 4 (July 2001) (pp. 687-706); Fox, J. (2004). The rise of religious nationalism and conflict: Ethnic conflict and revolutionary wars, 1945-2001. Journal of peace Research, 41(6), 715-731. |
| 11 | Politics and Economics | Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, Crown Business, 2012. Suggested Read: Frank, Andre Gunder, Development of Underdevelopment, Monthly Review, 1966. |
| 12 | The Polity in Crisis | Bauman, Zygmunt, and Carlo Bordoni, State of Crisis, Polity Press, 2014. Suggested Read: Della Porta, Donatella, Can Democracy Be Saved?, Polity Press, 2013. |
| 13 | Student Presentations and Discussions | |
| 14 | Review | |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | References stated above will be used throughout the semester. *All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
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EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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20
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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20
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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30
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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30
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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10
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140
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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10
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10
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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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 |
1
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30
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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30
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30
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| Total |
258
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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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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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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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| 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. |
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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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| 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. |
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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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| 10 | To be able to prepare an original thesis in Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. |
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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. |
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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. |
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