GRADUATE SCHOOL
Political Science and International Relations (Without thesis)
PSIR 502 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Theories of International Relations
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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 502
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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 |
Second Cycle
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| Course Objectives | This course will help the students to both develop their critical thinking on main themes of IR such as conflict, security, power, self-determination, integration and globalization from different theoretical perspectives and apply various mainstream and critical theories of International Relations to real-world cases. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This graduate seminar surveys the main theoretical and analytical approaches encountered in the study of international relations. |
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Core Courses |
X
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| Major Area Courses | ||
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | What is IR Theory and why do we need it? | Smith, S. (2016). "Introduction: Diversity and Disciplinarity in International Relations Theory", in Dunne et al. (Eds.), International Relations Theories, Ch. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Smith, S. (1995). "The Self-Images of a Discipline: A Genealogy of International Relations Theory", in K. Booth & S. Smith (Eds.)., International Relations Theory Today (pp.1-19), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Singer, J. D. (1961). “The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations,” World Politics, 14 (1), pp. 77-92. |
| 3 | Classical and Structural Realism | Carr, E.H. (2000). The Twenty Years’ Crisis. An Introduction to the Study of International Relations. London: Palgrave Macmillan, Ch. 1-6. Morgenthau, H. J. (1945) “The Evil of Politics and the Ethics of Evil’, Ethics, 56 (1), pp. 1-18. Guzzini, S. (2004), “The Enduring Dilemmas of Realism”, European Journal of International Relations, 10 (4), pp. 533-568. Waltz, K. N. (1990), “Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory”, Journal of International Affairs, 44 (1), pp. 21-37. |
| 4 | Liberalism(s) | Wilson, P. (2003). “What is Idealism?” in The International Theory of Leonard Woolf: A Study in Twentieth-Century Idealism. London: Palgrave Macmillan, Ch. 2. Keohane, R. (2004), http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Theory-and-International-Institutions-with-Robert-O-Keohane-Conversations-with-History-8991 Doyle, M. (1983). "Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, Part I," Philosophy and Public Affairs, 12 (3), pp. 205-235. Owen, J. (1994). "How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace," International Security, 19 (2), pp. 87-125. Oneal, J., Russett, B., & Berbaum, M. (2003). “Causes of Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, 1885-1992”. International Studies Quarterly, 47 (3), 371-393. |
| 5 | Constructivism | Wendt, A. (1992). “Anarchy is what states make of it: the social construction of power politics,” International Organization, 46 (2), pp. 391‐425. Wendt, A. (1999). Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University, pp. 92‐192 Hurd, I. (1999). “Legitimacy and Authority in International Politics,” International Organization, 53 (2), pp. 379‐408. |
| 6 | Marxism and Critical Theory | Linklater, A. (2005). “Marxism” in Burchill, S. (Ed.), Theories of International Relations. London: Palgrave, Ch. 5. Linklater, A. (1986). “Realism, Marxism and Critical International Theory.” Review of International Studies, 12 (4), pp. 301–312. Cox, R. W. (1983). “Gramsci, Hegemony and IR”, Millennium, 12 (2), pp. 162-175. |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | The English School | Buzan, B. (2001). "The English School: An Underexploited Resource in IR", Review of International Studies, 27 (3), pp. 471-88. Bull, H. (1971). “Order vs. Justice in International Society”, Political Studies, 19 (3), pp. 269-83. |
| 9 | Poststructuralism | Foucault, M. (1980) “Truth and Power”. in Gordon. C. (Ed.). Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings 1972-1977, New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, pp. 109-133. Der Derian, J. (2000). ‘Virtuous War / Virtual Theory,’ International Affairs, 76 (4), pp. 771-788. Dillon, M. and Guerrero, L. L. (2008). “Biopolitics of Security in the 21st Century: an Introduction”, Review of International Studies, 34 (2), pp. 265-292. |
| 10 | Postcolonialism | Said, E. (2003) Orientalism, London: Penguin, pp. 1-49. Darby, P., & Paolini, A. J. (1994). “Bridging International Relations and Postcolonialism”. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 19 (3), 371–397. Seth, S. (2011). “Postcolonial Theory and the Critique of International Relations”. Millennium, 40 (1), pp. 167-183. |
| 11 | New Approaches in IR and the Transforming Definition of Security | Tickner, A. (1997). “You just don’t understand: troubled engagements between feminist and IR theorists”, International Studies Quarterly, 41 (4), pp. 611-632. Kinnvall, C. (2004). “Globalization and Religious Nationalism: Self, Identity, and the Search for Ontological Security”. Political Psychology, 25 (5), pp. 741-767. Rumelili, B. & Adisonmez, U. C. (2020). “Uluslararası İlişkilerde Kimlik-Güvenlik İlişkisine Dair Yeni bir Paradigma: Ontolojik Güvenlik Teorisi” Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, 17 (66), pp. 23-39. Lukes, S. (2005). “Power and the Battle for Hearts and Minds”, Millennium, 33 (3), pp. 477-493. Buzan, B. (1984). “Peace, Power, and Security: Contending Concepts in the Study of International Relations”. Journal of Peace Research, 21 (2), pp. 109-125. Stein, J. G. (2013). “Threat perception in international relations”. in L. Huddy, D. O. Sears, & J. S. Levy (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of political psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 364–394. Adisonmez, U. C. (2016). “What is the Human Security Approach and How the Phenomenon Contributed to the International Security Agenda: Canadian and Japanese Paradigms”. Security Strategies Journal, 12 (24), pp. 1-28. |
| 12 | Project Presentations | |
| 13 | Project Presentations | |
| 14 | Project Presentations | |
| 15 | General overview of the course | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | No particular course book, but students are advised to acquire the below book in order to track the weekly discussions: Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith (Eds.) (2016). International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
*All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Moran M. Mandelbaum (2019). The Nation/State Fantasy: From Gellner to Lacan. Palgrace Macmillan. Brent Steele (2008) Ontological Security in Intrernational Relations: Self-Identitiy and the IR State. Routledge. |
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 | ||
| Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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20
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| Final Exam |
1
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40
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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60
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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40
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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 |
16
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7
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112
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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 |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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15
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15
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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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20
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20
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| Final Exam |
1
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30
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30
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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 improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest | X | ||||
| 2 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective | X | ||||
| 3 | To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
| 4 | To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels | X | ||||
| 5 | To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
| 6 | To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field | X | ||||
| 7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
| 8 | To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline | X | ||||
| 9 | To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life | X | ||||
| 10 | To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts | X | ||||
| 11 | To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria | X | ||||
| 12 | To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
| 13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest