COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPERATIVE POLITICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3016 COMPERATIVE POLITICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR LEVENT YILMAZ

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

To analyse the emergence, historical origins and running of political systems and to make comparative analysis about political developments and facts. It is aimed to give info about different political systems and government systems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Bein able to analyse political structures affecting social dynamics in national and international level
2   Being able to transfer theoretical knowledge into practice, applications to analyze and indicate share methods in general
3   Being able to analyse and make a comparison between political and governmental systems
4   Being able to make comparison between political systems of England, France, USA and Germany
5   Being able to analyse historical origins of democracy and to observe negative and pozitive sides of different democracies
6   Being able to make a comporison between political system in Turkey and the other countries
7   Being able to make a comparative analysis of the political

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to basic notions: Political System Theories
2 Fascism Experiences ( Germany and Japan)
3 Republic, democracy and authoritative systems relation: Iran
4 Parliamentary System: England ( legislation and executive)
5 Parliamentary System: England ( Jurisdiction, political parties and organizations)
6 Presidency: USA ( legislation and executive)
7 Presidency: USA (Jurisdiction, political parties and organizations)
8 Mid-Term
9 mid-term
10 Systems empowered by Presidency : France ( legislation and executive)
11 Systems empowered by Presidency: France (Jurisdiction, political parties and organizations)
12 Controlled Democracy: Germany ( legislation and executive)
13 Controlled Democracy: Germany (Jurisdiction, political parties and organizations)
14 General view to systems and typology of organizations

Recomended or Required Reading

Esat ÇAM, Devlet Sistemleri, Der Yayınları, 1987.
Maurice DUVERGER, Siyasal Rejimler, Sosyal Yayınlar, 1986.
Cem EROĞUL, Çağdaş Devlet Düzenleri. Almanya, Amerika, Fransa, Ingiltere, Kırlangıç Yayınevi, Ankara, 2005.
Barrington MOORE JR, Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri. Çağdaş Dünyanın Yaratılmasında Soylunun ve Köylünün Rolü, Imge Yayınları, Ankara, 2003.
Bekir PARLAK & Cantürk CANER, Karşılaştırmalı Siyasal ve Yönetsel Yapılar, Alfa Akademi, 2006.
Ayşen UYSAL, Siyasal Islam ve Liberalizm. Endonezya, Iran, Mısır, Tunus, Türkiye, Yakın Yayınları, 2009
Serap YAZICI, Başkanlık ve yarı-başkanlık sistemleri. Türkiye için bir değerlendirme, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2002
Howard ZINN, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Halklarının Tarihi, Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2005
Misagh PARSA, Devlet, Ideoloji ve Devrim. Iran, Nikaragua ve Filipinler Devrimlerinin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi, Iletişim Yayınları, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Explanation
Participation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysen.uysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Final Exam 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Mid-Term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.145
LO.244455
LO.354445555
LO.4344445555
LO.53
LO.64
LO.7353

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