COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL INTEGRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6070 POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICAL INTEGRATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞEN UYSAL

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

To present a methodical, theoretical and organizational perspective about political parties as organizational form.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To form conceptual framework of political parties in general.
2   To present research methods of political parties.
3   To present institutions that emerged at the point of political parties researches comparatively.
4   To analyze organizational structure of political parties.
5   To evaluate duties of political parties.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explanations about the content of lesson.
2 Method and theoretical framework in the researches of political parties.
3 Classical theories in the researches of political parties. Ostrogorski, Michels, Weber, Duverger.
4 Otto Kirchemeir, Jean Charlot and nebulizing of political ideology.
5 Rokan, Lipset, Seiler: Social conflicts and parties.
6 Bourdieu, Offerlé: Structural and relational theories in political parties.
7 Typology of Political Parties
8 Typology of Political Parties
9 Typology of Political Parties
10 Leadership in political parties.
11 Sources of political parties: 1) Human resources. Membership in political parties.
12 Sources of political parties: 2) Economic resources. Finance of political parties.
13 Political parties as an election instrument.
14 Conclusions and further reading

Recomended or Required Reading

Çaha, Ömer & Toprak, Metin & Dalmış, Ibrahim (2008), Siyasal parti üyelerinde siyasal katılım düzeyi: Kırıkkale örneği , içinde Ömer Çaha, Türkiye de Seçmen Davranışı ve Siyasi Partiler, Orion Kitabevi, Ankara, s. 53 138.
Duverger, Maurice (1993), Siyasi Partiler, çev. Ergun Özbudun, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara.
Erdoğan Tosun, Gülgün ve Tosun, Tanju (2007), 1983 ten Günümüze Türkiye de Siyasal Parti Üyeliğinin Gelişimi: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Inceleme , Toplum ve Demokrasi, 1 (1), Eylül-Aralık, s. 45 56.
Katz, Richard S. & Crotty, William (eds.) (2006), Handbook of Party Politics, Sage Publications, London.
Offerlé, Michel (2006), Les partis politiques, PUF, Paris
Türk, H. Bahadır (2008), Şirket ve Parti. Genç Parti ve Yeni Siyaset , Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Uysal, Ayşen & Topak, Oğuz (2010), Particiler. Türkiye de Partiler ve Sosyal Ağların Inşası, Iletişim, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical frame will be formed by the instructor of lesson.The student is responsable for analysing a scientific article about lesson s subject and doing/presenting a homework which s subject is selected by student.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

levent.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 15:30-17.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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