COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3005 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞEN UYSAL

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

To analyse state and corporations formed by mutual interaction and to evaluate participation of citizens to political life. Apart from that, it is aimed to explain the state with sociological point of view, nationalism and citizenship besides participation to political area

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to analyse historical development of political structures and social facts and events
2   Being able to present methods of affecting politics by a citizen
3   Being able to understand how theoretical information turns into practice
4   Being able to discuss about social and political organizations in detail
5   Being able to analyse contemporary political improvements with a scientific perspective
6   Being able to explain different point of views

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of political sociology : Interdisciplinary discussions
2 The emergence of modern state, development of nation-state model
3 Nationalism
4 Nationalism in Türkiye
5 Citizenship
6 Political Socialization
7 Types of participation of citizen to politics
8 Civil society
9 Political parties, organizational structure
10 Political parties, social relation network
11 Elections as classical participation
12 Non- traditional participation types and social movements
13 Social movements in recent times
14 Critics on democracy and rulership

Recomended or Required Reading

Benedict Anderson, Hayali Cemaatler. Milliyetçiliğin Kökenleri ve Yayılması, Metis Yayınları, 1993.
Craig Calhoun, Milliyetçilik, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2007.
Ferdan Ergut & Ayşen Uysal (der.), Tarihsel Sosyoloji. Stratejiler, Sorunsallar, Paradigmalar, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları & Dipnot Yayınları, 2007.
José Saramago, Görmek, Can Yayınları, 2008 (roman).
Ayşen Uysal & Oğuz Topak, Particiler. Türkiye de siyasal partiler ve sosyal ağlar, Iletişim Yayınları, 2010.
Jenny B. White, Türkiye de Islamcı Kitle Seferberliği. Yerli Siyaset Üzerine Bir Araştırma, Oğlak Bilimsel Kitaplar, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Explanation
Participation
Presentation

Assessment Methods

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


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)

aysen.uysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecturals 14 3 42
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 7 7
Preparation for Final Exam 1 7 7
Final 1 1 1
mid- term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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