Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : SOSY608 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 5 |
Political Parties still continue to be one of the most important bridges between citizen and the politics. The main objective of this module is to provide an advanced learning and experience to those students about party and party activism that is being neglected so far in the country. We will be focusing on the emerge and development of political parties in the western Europe as well as in Turkey from early 19th century up to end of 20th century. By ding so it is aimed to study parties’ present conditions and their members.
Political participation and political parties; Political parties and ideologies in industrial societies; Party system and changes in the functions of political parties in post-industrial societies; Political party membership and activism; Activism in 21st century.
| 1. | Grasp the key debate, concepts associated with political parties and party activism; |
| 2. | Recognize and interpret the broader theoretical issues associated with political parties and party activism; |
| 3. | Examine and able to connect the main debate about party activism with the mainstream sociological; |
| 4. | To understand the historic conditions led to emergence of political parties’ party activism and also understand changing nature of both parties and party activism. |
| 5. | An ability to critically evaluate the current issues associated with political party and party activism; |
| 1. | Ayata, Sencer (1997), “Patronage, Party, and State: The Politicisation of Islam in Turkey”, Middle East Journal Cilt 51, Sayı 1, s. 40-57. |
| 2. | Barnes, Richard Stephen Kent ve Kaase, Max (Ed.) (1979), Political Action: Mass Participation in Five Western Democracies, Sage Publications, London. |
| 3. | Castells, Manuel (2004), The Power of Identity (2. baskı), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. |
| 4. | Castells, Manuel (1996) The Rise of the Network Society. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. |
| 5. | Dalton, Russell, J (1988), Citizen Politics in Western Democracies, Chatham House publishers, New Jersey. |
| 6. | Delibaş, Kayhan (2001), The Rise of Political Islam in Modern Turkey: The Influence of Grassroots Activists on the Unprecedented Rise of the Pro-Islamist Welfare/Virtue Party in the 1990s. Basılmamış Doktora Tezi, University of Kent. |
| 7. | Duverger, Maurice (1964), Political Parties: Their Organisation and Activity in the Modern State, Methuen & Co. Ltd, London. |
| 8. | Giddens, Anthony (1991), Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in Late Modern Age, Polity Press, Cambridge. |
| 9. | Özbudun, Ergun (2000). Contemporary Turkish Politics: Chalanges to Democratic Consolidation, Lynne Rienner Publisher, London. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| Assignment | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Reading | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 30 | 2 | 32 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 35 | 2 | 37 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 127 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
OÇ-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
OÇ-3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
OÇ-4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
OÇ-5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |