POLS 250 Comparative Politics |
3 Credits |
In this course, some of the critical tools for
comparative analysis will be introduced.
The units of comparative analysis can vary.
Sometimes what is compared is the
historical transformation on the road to
becoming nation-states which may shed some
light onto different political regime outcomes
in various countries. Comparative
analysis is done through pattern depiction,
for instance, in three different countries
such as Germany, Italy, and Japan that
have experienced fascist regimes. Students
learn to see what these cases have in
common in terms of their political
transformation that explains the rise of fascism
in these particular cases and not in
others. It is through such analyses that
students equip themselves with tools
towards making predictions about political
regime changes. In sum, it is such
tools that make political analysis possible.
This course involves an analysis of the
major modes of transformation and political
modernization leading to various regime
outcomes in the twentieth century. In the
first part of the semester, the meaning of
pre-modern and modern politics will be
unraveled and particular state-formation and
nation-building processes will be studied
in the Western European context. In the
second part, some of the critical features of
the emerging political ideologies that accompany
these processes will be studied. The
third part of the course will focus on comparative
electoral systems, political party
structures, the dynamics among the legislative,
executive and judiciary bodies of
government in key West European countries
throughout the twentieth century.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2024-2025 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Comparative Politics |
3 |
Spring 2005-2006 |
Comparative Political Analysis |
3 |
Spring 2004-2005 |
Comparative Political Analysis |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Comparative Political Analysis |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
Comparative Political Analysis |
3 |
Spring 2001-2002 |
Comparative Political Analysis |
3 |
Spring 2000-2001 |
Comparative Political Analysis |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 251 Borders, Citizens, Immigrants, Refugees |
3 Credits |
Citizenship is essentially a product of modern politics.
This course will adopt a modernist interpretation of
citizenship and will look at the evolution of the concept
in the aftermath of the French Revolution. We will,
first, look at the geneology of the concept
and relate it to the various stages of nationalism. We will,
then, unravel the relationship between citizenship
and democratization by referring to various approaches
to the concept of civil society.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Borders, Citizens, Immigrants, Refugees |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Borders, Citizens, Immigrants, Refugees |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Borders, Citizens, Immigrants, Refugees |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Borders, Citizens, Immigrants, Refugees |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Politics of Citizenship |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Politics of Citizenship |
3 |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Politics of Citizenship |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Politics of Citizenship |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Politics of Citizenship |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Politics of Citizenship |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Nationalism, Citizenship and Civil Society |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Nationalism, Citizenship and Civil Society |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 252 Rights and Their History |
3 Credits |
This is an investigation into the origins and development of
the idea of entitlement. In the first part of the course,
first moral theories that allowed for rights and
right-holders will be looked at. Then the progress of
rights-talk by studying the various rights (such as rights
to property, work and equal opportunity) that have emerged
in social history and moral theory will be traced. In so
doing, we will try to expose the enrichment in the notion of
a right-holder (from the individual to groups, peoples and
animals). Finally, some recent (academic) debates on the
import and place of rights in contemporary societies as well
as in moral theory will be considered.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Rights and Their History |
3 |
Spring 2004-2005 |
Rights and Their History |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 271 Nations and Nationalism |
3 Credits |
The aim of this course is to interrogate some of the
most recent and important theorizing on nationalism and see
to what extent they make sense in various empirical contexts
.
The emphasis of the course will be on theorizing nationalism
rather than producing quasi-naturalistic explanations of
its emergence, success or failure. In addition to reviewing
the major theoretical accounts of nations
and nationalism, the course will also discuss a multiplicity
of empirical cases from Eastern Europe, Middle East,
ex-Soviet Union territories and China.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
Summer 2005-2006 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2001-2002 |
Nations and Nationalism |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: POLS 271D |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 271D Nations and Nationalism-Discussion |
0 Credit |
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Nations and Nationalism-Discussion |
0 |
|
Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: POLS 271 |
ECTS Credit: NONE ECTS (NONE ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 300 Project and Internship |
0 Credit |
This is a non-credit, elective course that aims to foster
field work experience in the student's chosen area of
study. The course offers the students the opportunities
to gain insights into the nuances of business and social
environments; to learn about specific issues facing firms
in the domestic and the global market; to improve their
understanding of other cultures and societies; to foster
research; to outreach to the global community. The course
aims to enable students to learn about the conditions
under which they would launch successful start-ups and
expose them to the breadth of various issues. In order to
realise these goals, the course includes experiential
opportunities for students to put their new skills to work
in real-world settings in line with their program
requirements. A summer project or internship is mandatory
for fulfilling the course requirements.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Summer 2023-2024 |
Project and Internship |
0 |
Summer 2022-2023 |
Project and Internship |
0 |
Summer 2021-2022 |
Project and Internship |
0 |
Summer 2020-2021 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2019-2020 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2018-2019 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2017-2018 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2016-2017 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2015-2016 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2014-2015 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2013-2014 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2012-2013 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2011-2012 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2010-2011 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2009-2010 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2007-2008 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2006-2007 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2005-2006 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2004-2005 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2003-2004 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2002-2003 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
Summer 2001-2002 |
Project and Internship (PROJ300) |
0 |
|
Prerequisite: (PROJ 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D) |
or (PROJ 201 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D) |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 5 ECTS (2 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 301 Political Theory I |
3 Credits |
All societies reflect on how to structure and govern
common life, the values that ought to guide it, and the
forces that shape it. This course surveys the varying
answers given to these questions by different political
philosophers such as Aristotle, Nizamülmülk,
Machiavelli, Hobbes, Marx, Namık Kemal ve Mill.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Political Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Political Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Political Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Political Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Political Theory I |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Summer 2012-2013 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Summer 2011-2012 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Summer 2010-2011 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Summer 2009-2010 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
Fall 2001-2002 |
Political Philosophy |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 302 Issues and Concepts in Political Philosophy |
3 Credits |
This course is a supplemental to SPS requirement
course "Pols 301 Political Philosophy". The course
will be thematically organized and will explore
philosophical perspectives on such concepts like,
will, freedom, modernity, authority, heroism,
autonomy and power. Texts from ancient as well as
modern (and post-modern) political thinkers will be
employed to encourage students to address issues
that are pertinent not only to "society at large" but
also to their own individual political practice.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Summer 2010-2011 |
Issues and Concepts in Political Philosophy |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: (POLS 301 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D) |
and (SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D (can be taken concurrently) |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 303 Elections And Political Participation |
3 Credits |
This course is an introduction to political
participation in its conventional and
unconventional forms. The course will take various
perspectives on political modernization and the role
attributed to different forms of participation or the
lack thereof as its starting point. Mass elections and
mass political violence will be discussed more in
depth from the competing perspectives of
modernization and rational choice literatures.
Influential texts from the relevant literature will be
used to guide the discussion towards a critique of
the pioneering works and towards an evaluation of
the current debates in the literature.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Elections And Political Participation |
3 |
Summer 2007-2008 |
Elections And Political Participation |
3 |
Summer 2006-2007 |
Elections And Political Participation |
3 |
Summer 2005-2006 |
Elections And Political Participation |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
Elections And Political Participation |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 305 Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 Credits |
This course will include a survey of the origins and
evolution of various though currents in Turkey
such as liberalism, nationalism, conservatism, socialism
and feminism. While delineating these currents of
thought, main ideas of some key proponents of these
ideologies such as Yusuf Akçura, Ziya Gökalp, Prens
Sabahattin and Ahmet Ağaoğlu will be studied.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
Spring 2005-2006 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Political Ideologies in Modern Turkey |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 307 Politics of Development |
3 Credits |
This course studies the mechanisms through
which societies and governments deal with the
challenge of development. Following
a brief discussion of the concept of development and
various historical development strategies.
The course focuses on the contemporary
challenges of development: Inequality (including
gender inequality and the politics of (re)distribution),
economic instability, corruption, political environments
where informal institutions are pervasive and
rule of law is weak, and the sharing of natural
resources (such as oil and water.) The course
will conclude with an overview of how the international
dimension has influenced the politics of development
by focusing briefly on the impact of the
Cold War, foreign power involvement and globalization
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Politics of Development |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Politics of Development |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Politics of Development |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Politics of Development |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Politics of Development |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Politics of Development |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 348 Politics of Southern Europe |
3 Credits |
The European countries that lie at the Southern
flanks of the continent share common political,
economic, and cultural aspects that set them
apart from their Western neighbors. For instance,
they consolidated their democracies later and, with
the exception of Italy, joined the European Community
around thirty years after its creation. This course will
study the politics, society, and economy of Portugal,
Spain, Italy, and Greece from a comparative perspective.
First, the state structure, party politics, and electoral
systems of the Southern European countries will be
introduced. Second, the causes, policies, and the collapse
of the interwar authoritarian regimes of Salazar,
Franco, Mussolini, and Metaxas will be examined. In this
context, special emphasis will be given to how democracy
consolidated in Southern Europe. Continuing political
problems, such as Basque nationalism in Spain, the
Sicilian mafia in Italy, and the Muslim minority in Greece
will also be discussed. Finally, the course will conclude
with the entrance of the Southern European countries to the
European Community, their policies and roles within the
Union, and the effects of the EU on Southern Europe.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Politics of Southern Europe |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Politics of Southern Europe |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Politics of Southern Europe |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 349 Politics of South-East Asia |
3 Credits |
Contemporary politics in Southeast Asia must be
understood in light of colonialism, the nationalist
movements that colonial rule in effect produced,
and the geo-strategic imperatives of the
cold war. Colonial rule defined the territorial boundaries
and institutions of the modern state, nationalism
provided a new political discourse and elite, and
the cold war helped determine the nature of
authority in post-colonial states. This course will
examine the political landscape of
Southeast Asia, paying particular attention to the
historical conditions (colonialism, modernity,
nationalism, war) which gave rise to the construction
of Southeast Asia as a geo-political entity and
to the boundaries and institutions of particular states.
The course will focus on key themes
such as: democratization and nationalism, the role of
ethnic minorities, the political role of religion, etc
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 350 Transitions to Democracy in Eastern Europe |
3 Credits |
This course is primarily designed to focus on the
Eastern and Central European transformations to
democracy. Thus, it aims to equip the students with a broad
understanding of both "democratization" as a concept
and how it was achieved in the post-communist Europe.
Other examples of democratization in the world are
also dealt within the course.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Transitions to Democracy in Eastern Europe |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 351 Dynamics of Political Change |
3 Credits |
This course is designed to focus on the relevant theories
to political change in developing countries.
The interaction between state and society and the theories
that analyze political change will be studied
thoroughly within the framework of the course. A
theoretical structure will be drawn in order
to understand the formation of diverse political
structures and the dynamics of political change in
several countries. There will also be specific references
to the dynamics of political change in different geographica
areas of the world, such as Europe, Asia and the Middle East
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Dynamics of Political Change |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Dynamics of Political Change |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Dynamics of Political Change |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Dynamics of Political Change |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Dynamics of Political Change |
3 |
Fall 2001-2002 |
Dynamics of Political Change |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 352 Turkish Politics I |
3 Credits |
This course will focus on the problems of consolidation
of democracy in Turkey. It will begin with an
historical background and then delve into
analyses of the structure of the parliament, political
parties, the bureaucracy, the military, and the civil
society.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Turkish Politics I |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Turkish Politics I |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Turkish Politics I |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Turkish Politics I |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Turkish Politics I |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Spring 2005-2006 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Spring 2004-2005 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
Spring 2001-2002 |
Turkish Politics |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 353 Turkish Politics II |
3 Credits |
This course aims to provide a systematic review
of major political developments in contemporary Turkey.
The main objective of the course is to analyze and
discuss those political institutions, actors, and issues
that have come to shape Turkish political life in the post-
1980 period. Focusing on substantive topics such as
civil-military relations, rise of identity-politics, role
of religion, elections, and political parties, we will
study the country's transition to democratic rule after
military rule and evaluate its performance over time.
Special attention will be paid to regime change in
recent years and its long-term political implications.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Turkish Politics II |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Turkish Politics II |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Turkish Politics II |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Turkish Governance |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: POLS 352 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 354 Politics of Migration |
3 Credits |
Global migration has vastly increased,
become more diverse and challenging the
territorial, cultural and conceptual
boundaries. This course explores the
changing face, dilemmas and opportunities of
migration in both receiving and sending states,
emphasizing the political aspects of migration.
The geographical and temporal focus may vary according
to the instructor. The course examines why
people move, the politics and policies of border
control in the developed receiving
states (e.g., USA, Canada, Western Europe) and how
domestic and/or interstate developments
such as European integration have changed
the nature of migration policymaking. It
addresses questions of immigrant integration and diversity
and studies the benefits and
challenges to receiving states. Special topics
include emigration and development, remittances,
brain drain, the role of sending state policies on state and
identity formation and an analysis of the Turkish
case as an example of a state facing the
challenges of both emigration and immigration
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Politics of Migration |
3 |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Politics of Migration |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 364 Constitutional Law |
3 Credits |
This course is aiming at providing introductory knowledge
and information on the Constitutional Law in general,
the Turkish Constitutional Law, and the overall
characteristics and conditions of the Turkish democracy
as well as the basic principles of law.
The course will enable the participants to understand
and learn the basics of constitutional law and
to empower them to comprehend, appraise and assess
the democratic institutions/processes of Turkey.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Constitutional Law |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Constitutional Law |
3 |
Fall 2001-2002 |
Constitutional Law |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 365 Law and Politics |
3 Credits |
This course is about how political dynamics
shape courts and how courts, in turn, shape
politics. The overarching goal of this course is to provide
an introduction to judicial politics literature
and explore the political determinants of
judicial independence and empowerment. This
course helps students understand why, when, and
how courts function or fail to function as
independent checks on government. In this regard, the
course looks at how politics and inter-branch
relations (executive and legislature) may or may not
influence constitutional courts’ decisions
and focuses on judicial review practices in developing
democracies (including Turkey). Focusing on international
/supranational courts, the course also examines
the willingness of states to engage in compliance
and enforcement.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 366 Special Topics in Political Science and International Relations |
3 Credits |
The specific focus of the course will be
announced each semester that it is offered.
Special topics may vary but will draw from the
fields of political science and international
relations. Students are expected to study the
relevant literature and acquire knowledge in the
relevant field.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 372 Liberalism and its Critics |
3 Credits |
There are two sets of fundamental questions this course
aims to examine. The first set questions the
basis of political obligation: How does a political
community get constituted? What are the criteria by
which a government can be judged to be
"just"? What are the conditions under which civil
disobedience is not only legitimate but also necessary?
Reading Hobbes, Locke and Mill will help us
to answer this first set of questions. The second
set of problematize the basic assumptions of the
liberal political philosophers. Particularly, the categories
of the "individual" and "reason/rationality" come under
close scrutiny through close readings of works by the
likes of Adorno, Horkheimer and Foucault.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Liberalism and its Critics |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Liberalism and its Critics |
3 |
Summer 2003-2004 |
Liberalism and its Critics |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 392 Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 Credits |
This course offers an in-depth study of the one-party period
and political system in Turkey, placing it in its historical
and political context, and introducing primary source
materials. Contrasting political alignments had already
emerged in the course of the War of Independence;
their extensions and ramifications are pursued through the
phase immediately preceding the creation of the Republic,
down to the end of the Kemalist-dominated early
Republican era. The political, cultural, economic
and foreign policy dimensions of this entire period are
viewed as a whole, though with specific
emphasis on its political organizations. The experience of
20th century dictatorships like Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany,
or Spain under Franco are drawn upon in constructing
a broad comparative framework.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
Fall 2001-2002 |
Modern Dictatorships and the One-Party Period Political System in Turkey |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 393 Political Parties in Turkey |
3 Credits |
Within the framework of the historical past and
developments of world political parties, Turkish
political parties from the past to the present day, will be
analysed from a comparative perspective. This analysis
will include parties' organisations, their members, their
activities, and will also stretch out towards political
leadership, parliamentary activities, the sociological
bases of political parties, elections and election systems.
The relations between parties and regimes, between
party systems and party structures will be touched upon.
The reasons for the establishment of the political parties
in Turkey as well as their roots, will be taken up within
a historical and political context, together with the way
they all effect each other. The parties in Turkey, the
party programs, their rules and regulations, elections in
Turkey, analyses of the election results, the struggles
between parties, ideologies, the influence of parties on
one another, will be studied on the basis of political
history and political science, and from a sociological
viewpoint.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Political Parties in Turkey |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 399 Independent Study |
3 Credits |
This course allows students to explore an area of
academic interest not currently covered in
regular course offerings. Under the supervision
of a faculty member, students are expected to
take responsibility for their own learning,
including developing together a reading list and forms
of evaluation. Students must receive the approval
of a supervisor faculty member prior to enrollment.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Independent Study |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Independent Study |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Independent Study |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Independent Study (SPS399) |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 400 Ancient, Medieval and Early Political Theory |
3 Credits |
This course is a chronological survey of the history of
ncient Greek, medieval and early modern
political thought. It begins with the Greek classics and
covers the medieval thinkers and ends with
Renaissance and the 16th century thinkers. Given more
than two millennia between the first and the last,
the course aims to place each thinker within the relevant
historical context linking each with the past
and present day discussions thus preparing the
students for a sound evaluation of
later stages of political theorizing.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Ancient, Medieval and Early Political Theory |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 403 Political Psychology |
3 Credits |
This course provides a broad introduction to the field
of political psychology, including historical and
contemporary perspectives, surveys the
major theoretical approaches and reviews
most important contemporary empirical findings.
Political psychology, as a subfield of
political science, investigates the psychological
processes that influence political decision
making, attitude formation, voter behavior including
candidate and issue evaluations. Such
processes include affective responses,
information processing, group dynamics, political
socialization, etc. Applications of
political psychology extend from the analysis
of individuals' political attitudes
(e.g. candidate evaluations, prejudice
towards ethnic, religious and social
minorities, etc.) to elite decision
making in major international crisis
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Political Psychology |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Political Psychology |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Political Psychology |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Political Psychology |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 404 Comparative Party Systems and Electoral Behavior |
3 Credits |
This course is designed to introduce undergraduate
students to theories and facts about political parties,
comparative political party systems, interest or
pressure groups, and interest group systems. The
objective of the course is to teach students how
organized political action takes shape, and how
such action influence the structure of party and
interest group systems.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Comparative Party Systems and Electoral Behavior |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Comparative Party Systems and Electoral Behavior |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Comparative Party Systems and Electoral Behavior |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
Comparative Party Systems and Electoral Behavior |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Comparative Party Systems and Electoral Behavior |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups (POLS304) |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 405 Political Thought: Issues, Concepts, Debates |
3 Credits |
This course aims to introduce some of the main concepts,
theories and debates in political thought.
The focus of the course is to provide a
seminar in which students can wrestle with
some of the fundamental questions that
political scientists ask themselves. Hence, the
course's aims are two-fold: To give the students
a chance to familiarize themselves with major
theories and debates in political philosophy, and
to encourage analytical and critical skills
on the subject.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Political Thought: Issues, Concepts, Debates |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 409 Greek-Turkish Relations |
3 Credits |
Beginning with the Greek independence in 1830, this course
will first trace the development of Greek-Turkish relations
in their historical, political, and ideological context and
examine, in particular, the influence of nationalism on the
Ottoman Empire and the Balkans, the effects of the resulting
myths and narratives on nation-building, and the
perceptions that define identity politics. Against this
background, the course will then focus on the foreign
policy of both Greece and Turkey; major bilateral issues
between the two countries, the effect of Cyprus and the
influence of the European Union on the bilateral relations;
the new geopolitical environment of the two countries
in which the recent détente took rise; and policy
alternatives for the near future.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Greek-Turkish Relations |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Greek-Turkish Relations |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Greek-Turkish Relations |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Greek-Turkish Relations |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Greek-Turkish Relations |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: POLS 301 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and IR 201 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and (SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D) |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 410 American Politics and Government |
3 Credits |
This is a course for senior and advanced students
who are interested in the intricacies and the
uniqueness of American democracy and its historical
development. In addition to the analysis of
American political institutions, special emphasis will be
given to cultural, historical, social and economic
factors that contribute to the uniqueness
of the American experiment. Students who have
already taken courses in comparative government
and international relations will preferably be allowed to
register. In the case of students of other programs
demonstration of substantial interest and POLS 250 and
IR 201 are prerequisites for the course.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2005-2006 |
American Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
American Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
American Politics and Government |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: POLS 250 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and IR 201 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and (SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D) |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 421 Philosophical Approaches to Modernity |
3 Credits |
The primary goal of this course is to provide an
introduction to the problems posed by the notion
of "modernity", and the different approaches that
attempt to conceptualize and criticize it. The focus
will be on three main philosophical approaches; critical,
hermeneutical and genealogical. By relying
mainly on primary sources, the course will attempt
to thoroughly explore each of these understandings.
The focus will be on their respective methodologies as well
as on their substantive claims about the modern period.
Furthermore, the course will also explore how these three
approaches engage and criticize each other.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Philosophical Approaches to Modernity |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 422 Politics and Culture |
3 Credits |
This course is a survey of theories that take
“culture” seriously and regard it as a
determining factor in the shaping of political phenomena.
These are theories that emphasize
the relevance of shared beliefs, ideologies,
values or behavior patterns for
making sense of political processes, events and institutions
. The course draws on
philosophical as well as empirical literature
in this field. Course readings include
works by Herder, Marx, Weber, Geertz,
Almond, Putnam and Inglehart, among others
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Politics and Culture |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 425 Civil Society |
3 Credits |
The course will have a twin foci: On the one hand, we
will examine various theoretical formulations
of the notion of civil society. We will study writings by
classical liberal theorists as well as their critique from
Hegelian and Marxist perspectives. On the other hand,
we will engage the empirical, comparative analyses of civil
society and discuss related issues of democratization,
multiculturalism public sphere and identity politics.
The experiences of East European and Middle East/North
African countries (including Turkey's) will receive special
attention. The intention of the course is to bring the
theoretical and empirical aspects of the debates on civil
society together in an attempt to clarify and critically
appropriate this often-used but ill-understood concept.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Civil Society |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Civil Society |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 426 Continental Political Thought |
3 Credits |
This is a critical study of some of the key
concepts and theories that underlie most of
political theorizing in Continental
Europe since 19th century. Special emphasis will be
placed on German and French traditions. The
basic aim of the course is to elucidate the
historical linkages and trajectories of different
strands of political thought and thus to
understand the distinctive features of Continental
political theory traditions. Readings
include selections from Kant, Hegel, Freud,
Heidegger, and Baudrillard
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Continental Political Thought |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
Continental Political Thought |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
Continental Political Thought |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and POLS 301 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 431 Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 Credits |
Global trends pertaining to public administration and
policy process ( with particular emphasis
on OECD and the EU ); challenges to
government and government failure ( patronage,
nepotism, clientelism, corruption ); key concepts
related to the policy process ( governance,
bureaucratic politics, institutional analysis, instrumental
approach, rational choice, ); stages
of the policy making process ( problem identification,
formulation of policy alternatives, policy adoption
and legitimization , implementation,
evaluation ); case studies
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Governance, Politics and Public Policy |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 434 Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 Credits |
This course is designed to provide an introduction to
deductive theory and formal modelling. Topics
covered include elementary decision theory, game theory
and theory of social choice, with no mathematical
prerequisites assumed expect high school algebra.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
Formal Modelling and Political Analysis I |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 440 Governance of the Turkish Metropolis |
3 Credits |
The Course will commence with a discussion of the
global metropolitan change and a conceptual
framework will be developed through deliberations
on key concepts. The evolution of
metropolitan administration in Turkey will be
taken up next with frequent reference
to intergovernmental relations, functional differentiation,
delivery of metropolitan services and
participatory mechanisms. The evolving relations
between various 'actors' on the urban scene;
new types of cooperation and partnership;
and new forms of accountability will be evaluated
within the context of urban governance.
The Turkish metropolis will then be dealt with
as a decision-making center concerning the
allocation of scarce resources. A discussion on
issues of urban politics; sources of urban
conflict, and measures to control/appease the conflict
will follow.
In the concluding section of the Course, various
administrative-political issues will be
interrelated; some select problem-areas of the Turkish
metropolis highlighted, and possible
solutions suggested.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 441 NGO Governance |
3 Credits |
The world is in the midst of a global 'associational
revolution' and NGOs (non-governmental
organizations) feature prominently in this process.
There are many different types of NGOs, with
varying goals and priorities and one major aim of
the course is to de-mystify the NGO scene. In
order to do this, theoretical framework will be
developed at the onset relating NGOs to civil
society, globalization, new division of labour in
polity and dynamics of governance. NGO role in
developmental work, promotion of civil society,
service delivery, advocacy work will be discussed
as well as challenges facing NGOs in an evolving
complex world of organizational/institutional
matrixes. The enhanced role for NGOs also
obliges them to be responsible, efficient, ethical,
transparent, participatory and accountable true to
the spirit of good governance. Building NGO
capacity on one hand and empowerment by levels
of government on the other hand, will be taken up
together. The course will be concluded with critical
evaluation of select NGO work both from Turkey
and elsewhere.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2013-2014 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2008-2009 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2005-2006 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2004-2005 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2003-2004 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
NGO Governance |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D(can be taken concurrently) |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 446 Latin American Politics |
3 Credits |
This course studies Latin American Politics from
theoretical and empirical perspectives. First,
it will provide a short introduction to the history of Latin
America based on major theoretical perspectives with
a particular emphasis on the second half of the twentieth
century and current context. Then, it will mainly focus
on major political, social and economic
institutions in the region, while studying intra-regional
variation in this respect as well as the common patterns.
It will examine the evolution of democratic regimes,
military interventions, transitions and civil society
politics from an institutionalist perspective, focusing
on the so-called ''third wave'' of democratization
processes in the region. The course will finally explore
the politics of ongoing processes of regionalization
within Latin America and between Latin America
and other regions of the world. The politics and
ideology behind the ideal of ''Latin American integration''
will be studied in this final section. The mail
goal of this course is to expose students to
substantive empirical issues and
theoretical debates in the contemporary scholarship
on Latin American politics.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Latin American Politics |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 448 Conflicts in the Middle East |
3 Credits |
Conflicts in the Middle East is an overview of conflicts in
the Middle East. In the latter half of the twentieth
century, inter-state wars, civil wars, insurgencies and
terrorism in this region have increased without a
comprehensive resolution of a single conflict. The focus of
the course will be an analysis of the roots of these
conflicts, such as inter-religious, inter-sectarian,
inter-ethnic tensions and the possibilities for their
resolution. Special attention will be paid to the Lebanese
and Yemeni civil wars and post-World War two inter-state
conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli wars, the Iran-Iraq war,
and finally the last two Gulf Wars. Student simulations will
explore conflict resolution issues and techniques in the
Arab-Israeli peace process and post-conflict Iraq.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Conflicts in the Middle East |
3 |
Summer 2010-2011 |
Conflicts in the Middle East |
3 |
Summer 2009-2010 |
Conflicts in the Middle East |
3 |
Spring 2005-2006 |
Conflicts in the Middle East |
3 |
Spring 2004-2005 |
Conflicts in the Middle East |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 455 Rise and Fall of Democracy |
3 Credits |
This course is designed to give the student an
understanding of the democratic regime as well
as the way in which it has come under attack in the
contemporary period. It offers an introduction to the
conflicting definitions of the term and addresses such
issues as democracy as government and representation.
The course reviews the phenomenal rise of electoral
democracies after the Third Wave and the
proliferation of 'democracy with adjectives' in the global
south. Particular emphasis is be placed on those
factors and mechanisms that have eroded democratic
institutions and facilitated democratic backsliding
and breakdown in different parts of the globe.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Rise and Fall of Democracy |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Rise and Fall of Democracy |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Rise and Fall of Democracy |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Rise and Fall of Democracy |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Democratic Theory |
3 |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Democratic Theory |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Democratic Theory |
3 |
Summer 2006-2007 |
Democratic Theory |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Democratic Theory |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Models of Democracy |
3 |
Summer 2002-2003 |
Models of Democracy |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Models of Democracy |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 457 The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes |
3 Credits |
This course aims to provide students with a better
understanding of the conceptual and operational
differences between authoritarian and democratic regimes.
It examines the similarities and differences
among varieties of authoritarian regimes, the factors that
lead to democratic backsliding and establishment of
authoritarian rule, the strategies that authoritarian power-
holders use for regime survival, state-society relations
under authoritarian rule, the paths toward the end of
authoritarian regimes, and re-democratization.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2023-2024 |
The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes |
3 |
Spring 2022-2023 |
The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes |
3 |
Spring 2021-2022 |
The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: POLS 250 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 462 Analytical Approaches To The European Union |
3 Credits |
This course is designed to introduce the students
to rational choice institutionalism as it is applied
to European integration studies. Institutional
configurations and their impact upon political
outcomes within the study of European integration
are analyzed with a focus on the analytic character
of group choice, voting methods and behavior,
cooperation, collective action, public goods, institutional
choice and reform. First institutions are discussed as
formal, legalistic entities and decision rules imposing
restrictions upon utility maximizing self-interested
political actors. Second, applications to our understanding
of the EU enlargement, ratification and intergovernmental
negotiations, European integration and governance are
discussed.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Analytical Approaches To The European Union |
3 |
Spring 2006-2007 |
Analytical Approaches To The European Union |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Analytical Approaches To The European Union |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 472 Nietzsche |
3 Credits |
This course focuses on one of the seminal figures
of continental political philosophy:
Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche’s thought has long
been acknowledged to present one of the
most trenchant critiques of modern society, science,
philosophy, art and politics. His insights
into the nature of truth, subjectivity and morality
have been extremely influential on many of
the major currents of thought of contemporary philosophy;
from the phenomenology of Heidegger
to the existentialism of Sartre, from the critical
theory of Adorno and Horkheimer to the
poststructuralism of Foucault. The overall aim
of the course is to orient the students towards
an in-depth, sustained critical engagement with some of the
foundational ideas of contemporary philosophy
and politics via a close reading of Nietzsche’s
work. Issues that are of special interest
include the nature of morality, ideology,
politics and the state.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Nietzsche |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 473 Political Theory II |
3 Credits |
This course explores the central issues in contemporary
political philosophy such as the nature and value of
democracy, freedom, justice, equality, collective well-
being, collective identity, and the political institutions
these ideals require.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2024-2025 |
Political Theory II |
3 |
Fall 2023-2024 |
Political Theory II |
3 |
Fall 2022-2023 |
Political Theory II |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
Political Theory II |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
Political Theory II |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
Fall 2001-2002 |
Contemporary Political Ideologies |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 483 Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 Credits |
This course aims to explore relations
(or the absence of relations) between nationalism and
ethnicity in different socio-political contexts.
This course is designed not only for developing
a comparative theoretical approach to nationalism
and ethnicity, but also for attempting to make
a collective enquiry into the emergence and
transformation of the concept of nation,
nationalism, patriotism and ethnicity through time.
While surveying the classical and current
theories of nationalism and ethnicity, this
course also aims to address the concepts of
migration, diaspora, collective memory and reconciliation
as relevant concepts of social sciences.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2024-2025 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2020-2021 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2019-2020 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 491 European Politics |
3 Credits |
This course aims to introduce the politics of the
new Europe in the aftermath of the collapse of the
communist bloc. Europe, a continent historically
torn by divison and conflict now encompasses 38
nations that are almost all democratic in reality or
aspiration and oriented towards market, rather than
command economies. Given its historical and
cultural commonalities, Europe is a natural unit for
an area studies approach to political science. The
course covers the politics of the established
democracies and also concentrates on democratic
transitions on the continent. Although in a limited
extend, it also reflects on the politics in the
European Union.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2016-2017 |
European Politics |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
European Politics |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
European Politics |
3 |
Summer 2011-2012 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2010-2011 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2009-2010 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2007-2008 |
European Politics |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
European Politics |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
European Politics |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2002-2003 |
European Politics |
3 |
Spring 2001-2002 |
European Politics |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 492 European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 Credits |
This course aims to provide the students with a basic
understanding of the European Union. The course will
give an evolution of the idea of European unity through a
neo-functionalist framework. The main focus of the
course is on the emergence of the European Union and
its institutions in a historical framework. The ultimate
objective is to furnish students with the comprehension
that the state is going through a major transformation in
Europe due to the process of European integration.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Fall 2022-2023 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2021-2022 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2020-2021 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2019-2020 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2018-2019 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2017-2018 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2016-2017 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2015-2016 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2014-2015 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2013-2014 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2012-2013 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
European Union: Politics, Policies and Governance |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D(can be taken concurrently) |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 493 Comparative Local Government |
3 Credits |
A major structural change has taken place in
Turkish society with the urban population
surpassing the rural population for the first time
in the Ottoman-Turkish continuum. The first
rate of urbanization has not resulted in a parallel
process of urban integration, creating serious
problems in both tangible (infrastructure, housing,
services) and intangible (identity, participation,
civic engagement) aspects of urban space.
This dual character of urban settlements in Turkey has
been compounded by a strained relationship
between central and local govenment in sharing of
competences and resources. The strategic decision
of Turkey to join the European Union (EU);
the need to harmonize policies; the prevalent
trends and principles in the EU in the field of
local govenment have created a new urgency to
critically reappraise the administrative system
in Turkey. The general tendency in the EU
for decentralization, deconcentration and
devolution, true to the spirit of local and regional
governance, has necessitated local government reform to
top the reform agenda in Turkey.
Within the confines of the Course, a comparative analysis
of existing institutions and processes will be
taken up, followed by trends and evolving patterns of local
governance in both the EU and Turkey.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Spring 2024-2025 |
Comparative Local Government |
3 |
Spring 2023-2024 |
Comparative Local Government |
3 |
Spring 2018-2019 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2017-2018 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2016-2017 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2015-2016 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2014-2015 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2013-2014 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2012-2013 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Spring 2011-2012 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2009-2010 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2006-2007 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
Fall 2003-2004 |
Local Government in Turkey and the European Union |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 495 Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 Credits |
A junior - senior level undergraduate course of
comparative government and politics of the Middle East.
It aims to analyze the emergence of the post World War
I state system,major factors influencing political stability
and change in the new states of the Middle East, with
special reference to the role of religion, and oil.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Summer 2013-2014 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Summer 2011-2012 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2011-2012 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2010-2011 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2008-2009 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2007-2008 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2005-2006 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2004-2005 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
Fall 2002-2003 |
Middle Eastern Politics and Government |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
or SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|
POLS 496 Reform and the History of Ideas in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century |
3 Credits |
The existing literature about reform in the Ottoman Empire
in the 19th century concentrates primarily on the
the institutional components of reform. A great deal
of research on the intellectual and knowledge component
of reform had appeared ever since the 1860s. The time
has now come to review this literature and bring it into
a course constructed for that purpose.
|
Last Offered Terms |
Course Name |
SU Credit |
Summer 2009-2010 |
Reform and the History of Ideas in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century |
3 |
Summer 2008-2009 |
Reform and the History of Ideas in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century |
3 |
Summer 2006-2007 |
Reform and the History of Ideas in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century |
3 |
|
Prerequisite: __ |
Corequisite: __ |
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) |
General Requirements: |
|
|