COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE DEMOCRACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5027 HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HAKKI UYAR

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to evaluate historical development of democracy born in consequence of modernization, kinds and other examples in the world history

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   get information about basis and content of Comparative History of Democracy
2   understand importance of political, social and economic haritage taken from the Greek Antiquity and the Middle Ages for democracy
3   explain relationship among democracy and modernization
4   explain relationship between modernization schools and democracy types from comparative point of view
5   analyze non-western democracies and their problems
6   analyze system of constituational superiority with that of assembly
7   make a comparative evaluation of substruction which is necessary for the birth and progress of democracy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Democracy and Republic: definition and types
2 Democracy in ancient Greece and origin in the Middle Ages
3 Modernity-Democracy Relationship
4 Political, Social and Economic Change in Europe and its relation with democracy
5 British Model
6 French Model
7 USA Model
8 Other Democracies in Europe
9 Non-Western Democracies I
10 Non-Western Democracies II
11 Democracy in Turkey from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic
12 Is it possible a non-western democracy
13 General Evaluation
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Toktamış Ateş, Demokrasi Kavram - Tarihi Süreç - Ilkeler, Ümit Yayıncılık, Ağustos, 1995.
Batı Avrupa'da Sosyal Demokrasi, Tüses Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı, 1991.
Niyazi Berkes, Siyasi Partiler, Yurt ve Dünya yay., Istanbul, 1946.
Yurdakul Fincancı, Günümüzde Sosyal Demokrasi, Tüses Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı, 1993.
Moses I. Finley, Antik ve Modern Demokrasi, Ayraç Yayınevi, Mart 2003.
Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Çokluk Imparatorluk Çağında Savaş ve Demokrasi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Kasım 2004.
Islam ve Demokrasi, Tüses Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı, 2004.
Isveç ve Finlandiya Sosyal Demokrat Partilerinin Programları, Türkiye Sosyal Ekonomik Siyasal Araştırmalar Vakfı, 1993.
Barrington Moore JR, Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri: Çağdaş Dünyanın Yaratılmasında Soylunun ve Köylünün Rolü, Imge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Seminar Homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3 will be asked in mid-term exam
2. LO 4-5 will be assessed with term report
3. LO 1-7 will be asked in final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Course Policies and Rules:
1. 70 % of attendance in a subject for appearing in the examination is compulsory
2. Failure to attend a class will not be excused for overdue delivery of homework
3. Attendance, mid-term exam, homeworks and final exam will be taken into account in scoring

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone 3018743
hakki.uyar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday Hours 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1435
LO.2435
LO.3435
LO.4435
LO.5434
LO.6434
LO.7434

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