COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

International Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜGE AKNUR

Offered to

International Relations

Course Objective

To teach students democracy, democratization and democratic consolidation concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Muge Aknur (eds) Democratic Consolidation in Turkey, Florida, Boca Raton: Universal Pubishers, 2012.
2. Michael Sodaro, Comparative Politics, A Global Introduction, New York: McGraw Hill, 2008.
3. Larry Diamond et. al. Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
4. Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan, Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press,1996.
5. Richard Gunther, Nikiforos Diamandoros, and Hans-Jürgen Puhle, The Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Souhern Europe in Comparative Perspective, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
6. Samuel Huntington, The Third Wave, Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.
7. Lucan Ahmad Way & Steven Levitsky, Competitive Authoritarianism, Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Exams
3. Individiual or Group Work (Writing and presenting a report)

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 percent of attendance is compulsory
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Each student must participate to class discussion

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muge.aknur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes