COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6044 WOMEN AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DILŞEN INCE ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze the position of women in political life within a historical and theoretical context and to interpret political thought in Turkey from a women's perspective. The course will focus on concepts such as politics, power, and democracy to discuss women s political representation, levels of participation, and the inequalities in this field, examining the forms of women's engagement in political life in Turkey from a historical point of view.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to: 1) Analyze the historical development of women's political participation in Turkey.
2   2) Discuss the relationship between political representation and gender from a theoretical perspective.
3   3) Gain a critical perspective on the field.
4   4) Compare approaches to women's representation in political parties.
5   5) Evaluate the effects of political systems in Turkey on women's representation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual approach: Concepts of politics and gender
2 Theories of political representation and participation
3 Historical development of political thought in Turkey
4 Political theories
5 Women's participation in political life: From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic(1)
6 Women's participation in political life: From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic(2)
7 Women's participation in political life: From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic(3)
8 Midterm exam
9 Women in the political system
10 The position of women in political parties
11 Current approaches to women's representation
12 The women's movement and forms of political struggle
13 Current debates
14 Current debates
15 Current debates
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Serpil Sancar, Türk modernleşmesinin cinsiyeti, erkekler devlet kadınlar aile kurar, iletişim yayınları, 2017, Istanbul.
Serpil Sancar, siyasetin cinsiyeti, cinsiyetçiliğe karşı kadın hakları Siyaseti, metis yayınları, 2023, Istanbul.
Catharine Mayer, Cinsiyet Eşitliği Dünyayı Nasıl Kurtaracak , Iletişim Yayınevi, 2019
Jürgen Habermas, Öteki Olmak, Öteki Ile Yaşamak, Siyaset Kuramı Yazıları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2012.
Afetinan, Tarih Boyunca Türk Kadınının Hak ve Görevleri. Istanbul, MEB, 1982
Bernard Caporal, Kemalizm ve Kemalizm Sonrası Türk Kadını 1919-1970, Ankara, T.Iş Bank. Yay., 1982
Bahar Üste, Siyaset Bilimi, Istanbul, 2011.
Ayşe Durakbaşa, Halide Edib: Türk Modernleşmesi ve Feminizm, Iletişim, Istanbul, 2000
Lucie Drechselova, Türkiye de Yerel Siyasete Kadınlar: Dışlanma Döngüleri, Iletişim 2022 Feryal Saygılıgil, Toplumsal Cinsiyet Tartışmaları. Istanbul, Dipnot Yayınları, 2006,
Muhibbe Darga, Anadolu da Kadın: On Bin Yıldır Eş, Tüccar, Kraliçe, Istanbul, YKY, 2013.
Georges Duby, Michelle Perrot, Kadınların Tarihi 1: Ana Tanrıçalardan Hıristiyan Azizelere, Istanbul, 2005.
Fulya Ilçin Gönenç, Roma Hukukunda Kadın, Ankara: Adalet Yayınevi, 2010.
Lin Foxhall, Studying Gender in Classical Antiquity. Key Themes in Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Nuran Şahin, Antik Dönemde Anadolu da Kadın, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Discussion

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria


Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nebiye.konukkandemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

monday 13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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