COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3076 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM KAYA

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to understand the formation process of power, its actors and institutioanalization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining power and politics
2   To explaine social contex of politics
3   To show the role of political instutitions in modern society
4   To understand democratic perspective of modern state
5   To explaine political party, political elites and political behaviour

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Power and Authority
2 Econmoy and Politics: Marx and Neo-Marxists
3 State and Society: Max Weber and Neo-Weberians
4 Civil Society and Politics I: Durkheim
5 Civil Society and Politics II: Tocqueville
6 Politics, Law and Market: Polanyi
7 Basic Forms of Political Authority
8 Political Parties
9 Midterm Exam
10 Social Movements
11 Globalization
12 Mass Communication and Politics
13 Political Participation and Democracy
14 Political Sociology of Türkiye
15 State and Society in Türkiye
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Orum, M. A. ve Dale, G.J. (2016) Siyuaset Sosyolojisi: Günümüz Dünyasında Iktidar ve Katılım. Istanbul: Say Yayınları.
Kaya, I. (2022) Türkiye'nin Siyasal Sosyolojisi. Istanbul: Say Yayınları.
Berlin. I. (1963) Karl Marx: His Life and Environment. Londra: Oxford University Press.
Gramsci, A. (1971) Selection from Prison Notebooks. New York: International Publishers.
Tilly, C. (2020) Zor, Sermaye ve Avrupa Devletlerinin Kuruluşu. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları.
Weber, M. (2006) Meslek Olarak Siyaset. Istanbul: Çiviyazıları Yayınevi.
Dahrendorf, R. (1959) Class and Class Conflict Industrial Society. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Bendix, R. (1964) Nation-building and Citizenship. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation
Question-Answer
Discussion

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 12 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.45
LO.55

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