COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TURKEY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRE 4207 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

International Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF UZGÖREN

Offered to

International Relations

Course Objective

This course aspires to study political and economic transition of Turkey with three concerns. First, it aims to unravel different modes of integration of Turkish economy with world capitalist structure at different historical periods. Second, it examines major changes and continuities in the political economy trajectory of the relations between state-capital-labour in Turkey (such as development, industrialization, import-substitution, neoliberal period) from a historical point of view. What are the repercussions of the neoliberal transition in terms of production, finance, social policy, agriculture, relations of distribution and labour What are its successes, as well as limits and contradictions Third, the course equally aims to read how political economy of Turkey is studied in literature from different perspectives. How are the relations between state and society studied in literature How can we situate these different perspectives in broader literature of International Political Economy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will grasp the economic and political transition and state-society relations in Turkey from a historical point of view
2   Students will grasp economic and political transition in Turkey within the context of structural change in world capitalist system
3   Students will understand the current dynamics of socio-economic structure within neoliberal transition and globalisation
4   Students will develop their analytical and writing skills through preparing short assignments related to readings
5   Students will develop their skills to discuss through actively participating to class discussions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theory: Conception of periphery and small states in political economy literature
2 Political Economy of Nation-state formation process in the periphery
3 Statism-etatism and Passive revolution: Political economy of early Republican period
4 Post-war international economic order: American hegemony
5 Development and Industrialisation: Political economy of Turkey under import-substitution policy
6 Globalisation and Neo-liberal Transition in the World System in the post-1980 period
7 Mid-Term
8 Neoliberal Hegemony and Political Economy of Turkey in the post-1980s
9 Structural adjustment programmes and relations with IMF
10 Financial liberalization in Turkey hitherto 1989
11 Social policy under neoliberal period
12 Agricultural Transition and Labour Market

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Short Assignments
Presentation
Final Exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASS Assignment
2 PRS Presentation
3 FN Final
4 BNS BNS ASS * 0.30 + PRS * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 BUT Bütünleme Notu
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu ASS * 0.30 + PRS * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.uzgoren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Practice (Reflection) 12 1,5 18
Tutorials 12 1,5 18
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Reading 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final Assignment 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14
LO.24
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54