COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TÜRKIYE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRE 4207 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TÜRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF UZGÖREN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

This course aspires to study political and economic transition of Türkiye with three concerns. First, it aims to unravel different modes of integration of Turkish economy with world capitalist structure at different historical periods. Second, it examines major changes and continuities in the political economy trajectory of the relations between state-capital-labour in Türkiye (such as development, industrialization, import-substitution, neoliberal period) from a historical point of view. What are the repercussions of the neoliberal transition in terms of production, finance, social policy, agriculture, relations of distribution and labour What are its successes, as well as limits and contradictions Third, the course equally aims to read how political economy of Türkiye is studied in literature from different perspectives. How are the relations between state and society studied in literature How can we situate these different perspectives in broader literature of International Political Economy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will grasp the economic and political transition and state-society relations in Türkiye from a historical point of view
2   Students will grasp economic and political transition in Türkiye within the context of structural change in world capitalist system
3   Students will understand the current dynamics of socio-economic structure within neoliberal transition and globalisation
4   Students will develop their analytical and writing skills through preparing short assignments related to readings
5   Students will develop their skills to discuss through actively participating to class discussions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Statism-etatism: Political economy of the Republican period
3 Türkiye's Integration to the Post-war international economic order
4 Development and Industrialisation: Political economy of Türkiye under import-substitution policy
5 Globalisation and Neo-liberal Transition in the post-1980 period and Türkiye
6 Türkiye in the 1990s - Financial Liberalisation
7 General overview
8 Social policy under neoliberal period
9 Labour market and trade unions
10 State and business relations
11 Strong state State-society relations
12 Simulation
13 Political Islam and neoliberalism
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Short Assignments
Role Simulation
Final Exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.uzgoren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Practice (Reflection) 14 1,5 28
Tutorials 12 1,5 24
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Reading 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final Assignment 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 159

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14
LO.24
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54