The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes: (POLS 557)

2021 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Political Science(POLS)
3
10
Ayşe Gülden Kadıoğlu ayse@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Doctoral, Master
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Formal lecture,Interactive lecture
Interactive,Discussion based learning
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Programs\Type Required Core Elective Area Elective
Computer Science and Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Conflict Analysis and Resolution - Non Thesis *
Conflict Analysis and Resolution - With Thesis *
European Studies - Non Thesis *
European Studies - With Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Biological Sciences and Bioengineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Industrial Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Materials Science and Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Mechatronics Engineering - Non Thesis *
Political Science - Non Thesis *
Political Sciences - With Bachelor's Degree *
Political Sciences - With Master's Degree *
Political Science - With Thesis *
Turkish Studies - Non Thesis *
Turkish Studies - With Thesis *

CONTENT

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.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Delineate the various definitions of democracy and authoritarianism and their different manifestations.
  • Understand the dynamics of new authoritarian, hybrid regimes.
  • Review the dynamics of opposition in new authoritarian regimes.

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Midterm 40
Participation 10
Presentation 10
Homework 40

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Textbook

Erica Frantz, Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018)/available as an E-book at Sabancı University Information Center.

Cas Mudde and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Populism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)/available for purchase at the Bookstore and can be borrowed at the Reserve section of the library.

Jan-Werner Müller, What is Populism? (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016)/available for purchase at the Bookstore and can be borrowed at the Reserve section of the library.
Readings

Additional articles that are listed in the syllabus and available in SUCourse.