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.
Rise and Fall of Democracy (POLS 455)
2020 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Political Science(POLS)
3
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Berk Esen besen@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
SPS101 SPS102
Interactive lecture,Seminar,On-line task/distance
Interactive,Learner centered,Communicative,Discussion based learning
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| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| International Studies | * | ||
| International Studies | * | ||
| Political Science | * | ||
| Political Science and International Relations | * | ||
| Political Science and International Relations | * | ||
| Political Science (Previous Name: Social and Political Sciences) | * |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
This course is an introduction on democracy, democratization and conflicts. Following the end of the Cold War, democratization has been promoted as the panacea for underdevelopment, ethnic and religious conflicts. We try to answer questions such as :
* Is democracy an ideal form of governance?
* Can we measure the level of democratic development?
* Can democracy be imposed from outside?
* What are the conditions for democracy to take root?
* Can conflicts be resolved through democratization?
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Demonstrate substantive knowledge of how the concept of democracy was conceptualized and formulated throughout the history of western civilization. Describe and critically assess how democracy as a form of state and of government functions and how they have come under attack in recent years Describe the development of democratic institutions and how these institutions are eroded in recent years
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 5
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 2
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 4
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 5
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 5
1. Analyze global affairs from international relations and economics perspectives. 4
2. Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of the international affairs. 4
3. Compete for increasing opportunities in careers within the newly emerging global institutions. 5
4. Evaluate the international political events and present their views and positions on international affairs with advanced oral and written skills. 5
1. To analyze national and global events from various social science perspectives. 5
2. To demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge on political science and international relations and to state views and positions with advanced oral and written skills. 5
3. To compete for increasing career opportunities in national and global institutions. 4
4. To (be able to) understand and follow the changes in political behaviours, opinions and structures. 4
5. To gain the ability to make logical inferences on social and political issues based on comparative and historical knowledge. 5
1. Understand and follow changes in patterns of political behavior, ideas and structures. 5
2. Develop the ability to make logical inferences about social and political issues on the basis of comparative and historical knowledge. 5
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Case Study | 40 |
| Participation | 20 |
| Written Report | 15 |
| Presentation | 20 |
| Team Member Evaluation | 5 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
| Readings |
Week 1. What is Democracy? Concepts, Processes and Trends Mancur Olson, ?Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development,? American Political Science Review 87, no. 3 (September 1993): 567-576 Samuel Huntington, The Third Wave, University of Oklahoma Press, 1991, 13-40 Dahl, Robert A. 1971. Polyarchy. New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press (Ch.1) Week 2. Democratic Consolidation Acemoglu, Daron, and James A. Robinson. 2019. The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty. New York, NY: Penguin. TBA Svolik, M. (2008). Authoritarian reversals and democratic consolidation. American Political Science Review, 153-168. Schedler, A. (1998). What is democratic consolidation? Journal of democracy, 9(2), 91-107. Week 3: Democracy with Adjectives Carothers, Thomas, ?The End of the Transition Paradigm,? Journal of Democracy 13, no. 1 (Jan. 2002): 5-21. Diamond, Larry. 2002. ?Thinking about Hybrid Regimes.? Journal of Democracy 13(2):21-35. Collier, D., & Levitsky, S. (1997). Democracy with adjectives: Conceptual innovation in comparative research. World politics, 49(3), 430-451. Week 4: Democratic Transitions: Structure vs Agency Munck, Gerardo L. 2018. ?Modernization Theory as a Case of Failed Knowledge Production.? Comparative Democratization (APSA-CD) 16(3): 37-41. Haggard, S., & Kaufman, R. R. (2016). Dictators and democrats: Masses, elites, and regime change. Princeton University Press. Ch. 1 Bunce, Valierie J. and Sharon L. Wolchik (2010). ?Defeating dictators: Electoral change and stability in competitive authoritarian regimes?. World Politics 62 (1). 43?86. Carothers, T. (2007). How democracies emerge: The" sequencing" fallacy. Journal of democracy, 18(1), 12-27. Week 5: Democratic Transitions: Popular Movements/Protests Brancati, D., & Lucardi, A. (2019). Why democracy protests do not diffuse. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63(10), 2354-2389. Brancati, Dawn. 2014. ?Pocketbook Protests: Explaining the Emergence of Pro-Democracy Protests Worldwide.? Comparative Political Studies 47, no. 11: 1503-1530. Tucker, Joshua A. 2007. "Enough! Electoral Fraud, Collective Action Problems, and Post-Communist Colored Revolutions." Perspectives on Politics 5, no. 3 (September): 535-551. Wood, E. J. (2001). An insurgent path to democracy: Popular mobilization, economic interests, and regime transition in South Africa and El Salvador. Comparative Political Studies, 34(8), 862-888. Week 6: Democratic Transitions: Democracy Promotion and the International Regime von Borzyskowski, I. (2019). The risks of election observation: International condemnation and post-election violence. International Studies Quarterly, 63(3), 654-667. Muftuler-Bac, M. (2019). Backsliding in judicial reforms: domestic political costs as limits to EU?s political conditionality in Turkey. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 27(1), 61-76. Haggard, S., & Kaufman, R. R. (2016). Dictators and democrats: Masses, elites, and regime change. Princeton University Press, pp.. 142-156 Levitsky, Steven and Lucan A. Way, ?International Linkage and Democratization,? Journal of Democracy 16, no. 3 (July 2005): 20-34. Week 7: Democratic Breakdown and Authoritarian Regimes Svolik, M. W. (2012). The politics of authoritarian rule. Cambridge University Press. pp 1-17, 22-32 Geddes, B., Wright, J. G., Wright, J., & Frantz, E. (2018). How dictatorships work: Power, personalization, and collapse. Cambridge University Press. pp 25-43 Slater, D., Smith, B., & Nair, G. (2014). Economic origins of democratic breakdown? The redistributive model and the postcolonial state. Perspectives on Politics, 353-374. Esen, B., & Gumuscu, S. (2020). Why did Turkish democracy collapse? A political economy account of AKP?s authoritarianism. Party Politics, 1354068820923722 Week 8: Democratic Erosion/Backsliding Kaufman, R. R., & Haggard, S. (2019). Democratic decline in the United States: What can we learn from middle-income backsliding?. Perspectives on Politics, 17(2), 417-432. Levitsky, Steven, and Daniel Ziblatt. (2018). How Democracies Die. New York: Crown. Chapter 1. Bermeo, Nancy. (2016). ?On Democratic Backsliding,? Journal of Democracy 27(1): 5-19 Esen, B., & Gumuscu, S. (2016). Rising competitive authoritarianism in Turkey. Third World Quarterly, 37(9), 1581-1606. Week 9: Populism, demagoguery and fake news Weyland, K. (2020). Populism?s Threat to Democracy: Comparative Lessons for the United States. Perspectives on Politics, 18(2), 389-406. Rogenhofer, J. M., & Panievsky, A. (2020). Antidemocratic populism in power: comparing Erdoğan?s Turkey with Modi?s India and Netanyahu?s Israel. Democratization, 1-19. Esen, Berk, and Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi. (2019). ?An Alternative Account of the Populist Backlash in the United States: A Perspective from Turkey,? PS: Political Science & Politics 52(3): 445-450. Kaltwasser, C. R. (2014). The responses of populism to Dahl's democratic dilemmas. Political Studies, 62(3), 470-487. Week 10: Polarization Svolik, Milan W. (2019). ?Polarization Versus Democracy,? Journal of Democracy 30(3): 20-32. Aydın-Düzgit, S., & Balta, E. (2019). When elites polarize over polarization: Framing the polarization debate in Turkey. New Perspectives on Turkey, 60, 153-176. McCoy, Jennifer, Tahmina Rahman, and Murat Somer. (2018). ?Polarization and the Global Crisis of Democracy: Common Patterns, Dynamics and Pernicious Consequences for Democratic Polities,? American Behavioral Scientist 62(1): 16-42. Week 11: Military coups, repression and autogolpes Geddes, B., Wright, J. G., Wright, J., & Frantz, E. (2018). How dictatorships work: Power, personalization, and collapse. Cambridge University Press. ch. 3 Varol, O. O. (2012). The democratic coup d'état. Harv. Int'l LJ, 53, 291. Quinlivan, J. T. (1999). Coup-proofing: Its practice and consequences in the Middle East. International Security, 24(2), 131-165. Cameron, M. A. (1998). Self-Coups: Peru, Guatemala, and Russia. Journal of Democracy, 9(1), 125-139. Week 12: Authoritarian Durability Tansey, Oisin, Kevin Koehler, and Alexander Schmotz. (2017). ?Ties to the Rest: Autocratic Linkages and Regime Survival,? Comparative Political Studies 50(9): 1221-1254. Bellin, Eva. 2012. ?Reconsidering the Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Lessons from the Arab Spring.? Comparative Politics 44, no. 2 (January): 127- 149. Gandhi, Jennifer, and Przeworski, Adam. 2007. ?Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats.? Comparative Political Studies 40, no. 11: 1279?301 Week 13: Turkish Democracy in Comparative Perspective Wuthrich, F. M., & Ingleby, M. (2020). The Pushback Against Populism: Running on" Radical Love" in Turkey. Journal of Democracy, 31(2), 24-40. Arslanalp, M., & Deniz Erkmen, T. (2020). Mobile emergency rule in Turkey: legal repression of protests during authoritarian transformation. Democratization, 1-23. Selçuk, O., & Hekimci, D. (2020). The rise of the democracy?authoritarianism cleavage and opposition coordination in Turkey (2014?2019). Democratization, 1-19. Yardımcı-Geyikçi, Ş., & Yavuzyilmaz, H. (2020). Party (de) institutionalization in times of political uncertainty: The case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey. Party Politics, 1354068820960010. Week 14: Future of Democracy? Stasavage, D. Democracy, Autocracy, and Emergency Threats: Lessons for COVID-19 From the Last Thousand Years. International Organization, 1-17. Diamond, L. (2020). Breaking Out of the Democratic Slump. Journal of Democracy, 31(1), 36-50. |