COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN SOCIETY, CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6091 MODERN SOCIETY, CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM KAYA

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

To sociologically evaluate the tension-laden relationships between capitalism and democracy that form the foundations of modern society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyse the foundations of modern society, which is the main object of study of sociology,
2   Discuss the historical development and current situation of capitalism,
3   Analyse the historical development and current status of democracy,
4   Interpret the relations between capitalism and democracy in the context of crisis theory,
5   Analyse the current crises of modern society in the context of the tension-laden relationship between capitalism and democracy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is modern society
2 The historical adventure of modern society
3 Modernity and Capitalism I
4 Modernity and Capitalism II
5 Modernity and Democracy I
6 Modernity and Democracy II
7 The Relationship between Capitalism and Democracy
8 Mid-term exam (homework submission)
9 The Current Crisis of Modern Society
10 Asymmetricalization in favour of capitalism
11 Democratic Capitalism ( )
12 Experiences in Western Europe and North America
13 Contradictions of the Welfare State
14 The possibility of democratic capitalism in non-Western societies
15 Capitalism-democracy relationship in Turkey
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Wagner, Peter. 2013. Modernliğin Yeni Sosyolojisi, Pegem Akademi Yayınları (Çev. Ibrahim Kaya).
Kaya, Ibrahim. 2022. Modern Toplumun Yüksek Gerilim Hattı: Kapitalizm-Demokrasi Ilişkisi , içinde A. Öztürk (ed.) Güncel Sosyolojik Tartışmalar, Tekin Yayınevi.
Kaya, Ibrahim. 2018. Yeni Türkiye: Modernliği Olmayan Kapitalizm, Imge Kitabevi Yayınları (ikinci baskı).
Rosich Gerard, Wagner Peter. 2015. Introduction: Reinterpreting Democracy for Our Time. In The Trouble with Democracy: Political Modernity in the 21st Century, edited by Rosich Gerard and Wagner Peter. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Rueschemeyer, D., Stephens, E. H. and Stephens, J. D. 1992. Capitalist Development and Democracy. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Block Fred. 2015. Varieties of What Should we still be Using the Concept of Capitalism Political Power and Social Theory, 23: 269-291.
Hayek Friedrich. 1944. The Road to Serfdom. London and New York: Routledge.
Offe Claus. 1984. Contradictions of the Welfare State. London: Hutchinson.
Polanyi Karl. 1944. The Great Transformation. New York: Farrar and Rinehart.
Streeck Wolfgang. 2015. Comment on Wolfgang Merkel. Is Capitalism Compatible with Democracy , Z Vgl Polit Wiss, 9: 49-60.
Streeck Wolfgang. 2011. The Crises of Democratic Capitalism. New Left Review, 71: 1-25.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is important, students are responsible for complying with academic ethics principles in their course-related activities. All electronic devices must be turned off in class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will 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 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 238

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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