COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM SAYLAN

Offered to

Political Science and International Relations (English)
International Relations (English)

Course Objective

The course aims first to introduce students to the concept of the international system as the mainstream theories of international relations treat it and to address the critiques of these theories. Then, as an alternative approach, it examines in detail the world system analysis approach which takes international system as the main unit of analysis.

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. Immanuel Wallerstein, World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction, Duke University Press, Durham NC, 2004.
2. Barry Buzan and Richard Little, International Systems in World History Remaking the Study of International Relations, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000
3. Etienne Balibar and Immanuel Wallerstein, Race, Nation, Class Ambiguous Identities, Verso, London & New York, 1991.
4. John M. Hobson, `What s at stake `bringing historical sociology back into international relations in Historical Sociology of International Relations, Stephen Hobden, John M. Hobson (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002, pp. 3-41.
5. Theda Skocpol, "Wallerstein's World Capitalist System: A Theoretical and Historical Critique", American Journal of Sociology, 82(5), 1977, pp. 1075-90.
6. R. Brenner, "Origins of Capitalist Development: A Critique of Neo-Smithian Marxism", New Left Review, 104, 1977, pp. 25-92.
7.Stephen Hobden, John M. Hobson, Historical Sociology of International Relations, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.
8. Karen A. Mingst and Ivan M.Arreguin-Toft, The Essentials of International Relations (5th ed.), W.W.Norton Company, 2010, pp.109-133.
9.Jon D. Carlson, `Broadening and Deepening: Systemic Expansion, Incorporation and the Zone of Ignorance , Journal of World Systems Research 7 (2), Fall 2001, pp.225-263.
10.Terence K. Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein, `Capitalism and Incorporation of New Zones into the World Economy , Review 10 (5/6), Summer/Fall 1987, pp. 763-780.
11. Immanuel Wallerstein, The Dutch Hegemony in the World Economy (chp. 2), in The Modern World-System II, New York, London, Academic Press, 1980, pp.219-73.
12.Immanuel Wallerstein, Geopolitics and Geoculture, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1991, pp. 184-199.
13.Göran Therborn, `Culture as a World-System , Protosociology 20, 2004, pp.46-68.
14.Enrique Dussel, `Debate on the Geoculture of the World-System , in The World We are Entering 2000-2050, Immanuel Wallerstein and Armand Clesse (eds.), Dutch UP, The Netherlands, pp.239-246.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion of weekly readings
3. Term-paper and Presentation

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly and coherently explain the concepts and arguments of world-sytem approach and other sociological perspectives taught in class.
2. The learner will critically discuss the conceptualization of time, space, unit of analysis and disciplinary boundaries in social sciences.
3. Make a well organized presentation to discuss questions and findings about a term-paper topic.
4. Submit a term-paper taking the feedback from peers and the instructor into consideration. The paper will include an organized structure, literature review, research question, proper citations, and supported arguments.

The rubric that will be used in the evaluation of the term paper and term paper presentations:
a) Poor (0%) b) Fair (40%) c) Good (60%) d) Very good (80%) e) Excellent (100%)
Assignment / term project evaluation criteria (Total Points 100):
1)Justification of the subject choice - 10 Points a) Justification of the subject choice not provided b) Justification of the subject choice insufficiently provided c) Justification of the subject choice provided but without reference to the Course Objectives d) Justification of the subject choice concerning the Course Objectives sufficiently provided e) Significance and relevance of the subject concerning the Course Objectives explained in a detailed way
2)Definition of the research question - 10 Points a) Research question not specified b) Research question vaguely defined c) Research question not fully defined d) Research question fully defined but without specifying the context e) Research question fully defined in the specific context of the subject
3)Theoretical framework - 20 Points a) The essay lacks a theoretical framework b) Theoretical framework weak and poorly connected to the research question c) Theoretical framework provided but without the necessary connections to the research question d) Theoretical framework sufficiently elaborated and used to answer the research question e) Theoretical framework competently used to answer the research question
4)Empirical evidence - 20 Points a) No empirical evidence for responding to the research question provided b) Empirical evidence insufficiently provided to develop and support arguments c) Empirical evidence provided but in a disorganized way d) Empirical evidence sufficiently provided and connected to the arguments of the essay e) Empirical evidence sufficiently provided and elegantly employed to describe the conditions and developments that characterize the context and to substantiate the arguments of the essay
5)Argumentation - 30 Points a) No arguments to respond to the research question developed b) Arguments to explain the research question insufficiently and inconsistently made c) Arguments to explain the research question sufficiently made but in a disorganized way d) Arguments to explain the research question made in an analytical and systematic way e) Arguments to explain the research question developed coherently and analytically, supported by a well-knit combination of theory and empirical evidence
6)Standard citation style and bibliography - 10 Points a) No bibliography provided b) Standard citation style not used c) Standard citation style not regularly used throughout the text d) Standard citation style regularly used throughout the text e) Standard citation style regularly used throughout the text and a bibliography included at the end of the essay

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 should read the assigned material prior to class and participate in class discussions.
4. Each student will choose a term-paper topic with the guidance of the instructor. Students should discuss draft papers with the instructor, present them in class, and then complete their papers also by considering the feedback they would take in their presentations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.saylan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes