COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 2044 HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI UYAR

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the historical development of democracy in the past 500 years that was emerged as a result of modernization, the types of democracy and its examples from all over the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The scope and basis of the history of democracy
2   2. The political, social, and economic heritage of the Ancient Greece and the Middle Age in terms of democracy
3   3. The relationship between modernization and democracy
4   4. The comparisons of the modernization approaches and the types of democracy
5   5. The democracy examples out of the West and their problems
6   6. The systems of the constitution supremacy and the parliament supremacy
7   7. The fundamental conditions for the development of democracy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of democracy and republic, their definition and types
2 Democracy in the Ancient Greece and the origin of democracy in the Middle Age
3 The relationship between modernity and democracy
4 The political, social, and economic changes in Europe and democracy
5 The British model
6 The French model
7 The American model
8 The term examination
9 The other types of democracy in Europe
10 The democracy examples out of the West
11 The democratic developments in the Ottomans and the Republic of Turkey
12 The changes in the democratic culture in the 20th century; Democracy and the expectations
13 Democracy today I
14 Democracy today II

Recomended or Required Reading

Feroz Ahmad, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye (1945-1980), Hil yay., Istanbul, 1996.
Toktamış Ateş, Demokrasi, Ümit yay., Ankara, 1994.
Niyazi Berkes, Siyasi Partiler, Yurt ve Dünya yay., Istanbul, 1946.
Tevfik Çavdar, Türkiye nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 1839-1950, Imge yay., Ankara, 1995.
Tevfik Çavdar, Türkiye nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 1950-1995, Imge yay., Ankara, 1996.
M. Duverger, Batının Iki Yüzü, Doğan yay., Ankara, 1977.
Hakkı Uyar, Tek Parti Dönemi ve Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Boyut Kitapları, Istanbul, 1999.
Hakkı Uyar, Türk Siyasal Yaşamında Cepheleşmelere Bir Örnek: Vatan Cephesi, Büke yay., Istanbul, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Lecture
2. 2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakki.uyar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wed. 15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.2433
LO.34444
LO.44454
LO.554
LO.654
LO.745