COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR EYLEM BAL

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Neoliberalism does not only have an economic dimension, city and the urbanization processes are the other spheres with which neoliberalism has the closest relation. Similarly, in Turkey, the year 1980 is a radical startup in terms of neoliberal policies. However, integrated economic and politic developments experienced at the end of 1990s and during the first quarter of 2000s display that the years following 2000 designate a new breaking point. One of the most basic arguments of the course is that; 2000s correspond to a `neoliberal urbanization phase as a new urbanization process which is complementary to the post-1980 period in Turkey denominated as `early neoliberal urbanization phase . Many legal arrangements that held neoliberal traces and appeared on the agenda of zoning legislation on the basis of structural reforms, and the concrete spatial cases emerged in the city in the axis of neoliberal policies are among the basic elements that crystallize this differentiation in the urbanization process. Urban regeneration projects, large-scale urban projects, privatizations, gated communities, residences and shopping centers stand out as the concrete cases of neoliberal spatial structuring on which the city is reorganized, with the actors being the state and capital. This course focuses on the question of with which mechanisms and how the neoliberal policies transform the city and aims at displaying this reorganization of the city.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

-Ataay, F. (2008a). Neoliberalizm ve muhafazakar demokrasi 2000 li yıllarda Türkiye de siyasal değişimin dinamikleri. Ankara: De ki Yayınları.
-Bal, E. (2011). Türkiye de 2000 Sonrası Neoliberal Politikalar Çerçevesinde Imar Mevzuatındaki Değişimler ve Yeni Kentleşme Pratikleri: Istanbul Örneği. (Yayınlanmamış doktora tezi.) Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi/Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Brenner, N. & Theodore, N. (2002). Cities And The Geographies Of Actually Existing Neoliberalism. Antipode, Volume 34, (3), 349-379.
-Ekzen, N. (2010). AKP iktisat politikaları. I. Uzgel ve B. Duru (Ed.). AKP kitabı bir dönüşümün bilançosu (2. Baskı) içinde (473-491). Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi.
-Geniş, Ş. (2009). Neo-liberal kentleşmenin mekanda yansımaları: Istanbul da güvenlikli siteler. Toplum ve Bilim, (116), 121-156.
-Insel, A. (2004). AKP nin piyasa toplumu hedefi. Birikim, (184-185), 19-28.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and readings, the students will learn by listening the lectures and readings.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination. Discussing, associating, questioning and using will be measured by Homework and Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through discussions over lectures and readings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eylem.bal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes