Information Package / Course Catalogue
State-Society Relations
Course Code: KAY216
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course attempts to deal with the question of how to analyse state-society relations within a comparative perspective. In the first part of the term, alternative methodological approaches will be introduced and key conceptual issues will be examined.

Course Content

In the first part of the period, alternative methodological approaches will be introduced and the key conceptual issues will be addressed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learn many aspects of state government by taking theories.
2.Engages in the relationship of society and state and learns their role.
3.Learn many aspects of state government by taking theories.
4.Engages in the relationship of society and state and learns their role.
5.Help to understand the role of societies within the state
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gülgün E. TOSUN, Demokratikleşme Perspektifinden Devlet-Sivil Toplum İlişkisi, İstanbul, 2001.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Alternative Methodological Approaches
Week 2 - Theoretical
Positivism, Subjectivism and Methodological Individualism
Week 3 - Theoretical
Realism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Introduction to Approaches to the State
Week 5 - Theoretical
Liberal Devlet
Week 6 - Theoretical
Statist-Institutionalism
Week 7 - Theoretical
Is There a Marxist Theory of the State? Different Interpretations of the State within Marxism
Week 8 - Theoretical
Conceptual Issues within a Comparative Framework
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 10 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 11 - Theoretical
State and Civil Society in Historical Perspective
Week 12 - Theoretical
Uniqueness of the West
Week 13 - Theoretical
Uniqueness of the East
Week 14 - Theoretical
Status versus Class
Week 15 - Theoretical
Legitimacy versus Hegemony
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Individual Work130452
Midterm Examination127128
Final Examination131132
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)151
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026