COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATIONALISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISS 7010 NATIONALISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI ŞEVKET OVALI

Offered to

International Security Studies Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to find anwers the questions of what is the nature of ethnicity, how is ethnicity politicized into nationalism, what is the nature of nationalism, how does nationalism often lead to political violence, what are the dynamics of political violence, and finally, what strategies can the central state use to deal with violent ethnonationalist movements

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explore theoretical and conceptual literature addressing nationalism and violence
2   Examine the conflict triggered by economic and cultural competition as well as fear and insecurity.
3   Articulating the connections between identity construction and violent ethnic conflict
4   Explore the types of ethnic violence--war, riots, and genocide--and the mechanisms and processes implicated in such violence.
5   Use library and internet resources academically.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the concept of nation and how is it formed
2 Socio-psychological explanations for Nationalism
3 The Aggregation of Individuals into Nationalist Movements
4 Nationalism and Violence: Methodological and Conceptual Complexity
5 Explanations for Internal Conflict
6 Terrorism as a Form of Political Violence
7 Midterm
8 Ethnic Riots as a form of Political Violence
9 The Role of Religion in Violent Movements
10 Macro-Level Methods to control ethnonationalist Violence
11 Micro-Level Methods to control ethnonationalist Violence
12 Kurdish Problem
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

To be anounced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Weekly readings
3. Presentations

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The learner will:
1- Provide a critical understanding of the complex phenomena of ethnicity, nationalism and political violence,
2- to spark their intellectual curiosity into areas for future explanatory research on nationalism and its bound with the conceptions of nation-state and sovereignity
3- Will use library and internet resources academically

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to read the assigned material prior to class and to participate in class discussions.
4. Students will make presentations on topics distributed by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nazım.irem@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 253

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54