COURSE INFORMATON
Course Title
Code
Globalization, democracy and civil society
SPRI 406
Semester L+P Hour Credits ECTS
2
3+0
Prerequisites
-
Language of
Instruction
French
Course Level
Bachelor's Degree (First Cycle Programmes)
Course Type
Elective
3
4
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Olivier Gajac
Assistants
Goals
Content
This course focuses on the questions of globalization and State
modernity through institutions, democracy and civil society. It seeks
also to think about the social responsibility.
Modern State, The rule of State, Globalization, Transnational actors,
New roles of State, Public space, Democracy, Social justice, Law,
Civilization.
Learning Outcomes
Program
learning
outcomes
Teaching
Methods
Assessment
Methods
The student is able to understand better the
concept of modern state.
1,11,13,15
1,2,3
A,C
The student acquires the tools to analyze the
globalization of state model.
1,12,13,15
1,2,3
The student enhances his knowledge about
the public institutions.
1,11,12
1,2,3
The student improves his professional skills by
learning these topics in French.
5
1,2,3
The student develops a better analysis about
the democratic, economic and social events in
Turkey related to the international context.
1,11,12,15
The student gets a better idea about the State
policies in the international system.
1,13,15
1,2,3
The student is able to understand better the
effects of economic policies in the private and
1,12,15
1,2,3
A,C
A,C
A,C
A,C
1,2,3
A,C
A,C
public spaces.
The student is able to understand the
democratic and political contemporary
problems.
1,11,15
1,2,3
A,C
,2
Teaching
Methods:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case
Study
Assessment
Methods:
A: Testing, C: Homework
COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics
1
Modern State
diffusion
Study Materials
:
construction
and CHEVALLIER, Jacques, L’Etat-post-moderne,
Paris, L.G.D.J, 2008, pp.19-24.
2 The rule of State
NAY, Olivier, Histoire des idées politiques,
Paris, Armand colin, 2004, pp.194-195 et
p.499.
CHEVALLIER, Jacques, Institutions politiques,
Paris, LGDJ, 1996, pp.176-177.
BRAUD, Philippe, Penser l’Etat, Paris, Seuil,
2004, pp.41-48.
3 The critic of the expansion of the State
BADIE, Bertrand, Le retournement du monde,
Paris, Presses sciences po, 1995, pp.24-69.
CHEVALLIER, Jacques, L’Etat-post-moderne,
Paris, L.G.D.J, 2008, pp.24-32.
4
The strengthening of the relations of CHEVALLIER, Jacques, L’Etat-post-moderne,
interdependence
Paris, L.G.D.J, 2008, pp.32-50.
5 The transnational actors
BADIE, Bertrand, Le retournement du monde,
Paris, Presses sciences po, 1995, pp.70-99.
Le Monde, L’Atlas des mondialisations, Horssérie, 2010-2011.
6
CHEVALLIER, Jacques, L’Etat-post-moderne,
Paris, L.G.D.J, 2008, pp.32-50, pp.50-69.
Redefining the roles of the State
7 1.midterm
8 Deliberative democracy
HABERMAS,
Jürgen.
Théorie
de
l’agir
communicationnel, Paris, Fayard, 1981, pp.7444.
DACHEUX, E., LAVILLE, J-L., Economie
solidaire et démocratie, Paris, CNRS Editions,
2004,pp.165-181
AMARTYA, Sen, La démocratie des autres,
Paris, 2006, pp.7-47.
9 Participatory democracy
CHEVALLIER, Jacques, Institutions politiques,
Paris, LGDJ, 1996, pp.181-184.
PIROTTE, Gautier, La société civile, Paris, La
Découverte, 2007, pp.46-64.
10
GAJAC, Olivier, Les associations face à la
The relationship between civil society récurrence de l’exclusion, Thèse de doctorat,
and political power
Université IX Paris Dauphine, novembre 2010,
pp.94-113.
SUE, Roger, La société civile, Paris, Presses de
Sciences Po, 2003, pp.67-102.
LAVILLE, J-L., Politique de l’association, Paris,
Seuil, 2010, pp.76-95.
AMARTYAN, Sen, L’idée de justice, Paris,
Flammarion, 2009, pp.383-422.
HABERMAS,
Jürgen,
L’intrégration
11 The question of integration and the républicaine, Paris, Fayard, 1998, pp.121-150,
idea of justice
pp. 205-243.
TOOD, Emmanuel, Après la démocratie, Paris,
Gallimard, 2008, pp.137-165.
12 Homo economicus?
COHEN, Daniel, Homo economıcus, prophété
(égaré) des temps nouveaux, Paris, Albin
Michel, 2012, pp. 34-39, pp.121-129, 133153.
HESSEL, Stéphane, MORIN, Edgar, Le chemin
de l’espérance, Paris, Fayard, 2011, pp.7-61.
OFFE, Claus, Les démocraties modernes à
l’épreuve, Paris, L’Harmattant, 1997, pp.134167.
13 A politic of civilization
MORIN, Edgard, Pour une politique
civilisation, Paris, Arlea, 2008, pp.9-79.
de
14
15
16 midterm
RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook
FITOUSSI, Jean-Paul, Démocratie et mondialisation, Revue de l’OFCE,
Hors série, Mars, 2002, pp.7-18.
Additional Resources MARCOU, Jean, Etat et Etat de droit en Turquie, Pouvoirs, T.4, n°115,
2005, pp. 25-40.
L’Atlas des mondialisations, Le Monde, Hors-série, 2010-2011.
MATERIAL SHARING
Documents
Assignments
Exams
ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES
NUMBER
PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms
1
100
Quizzes
0
0
Assignment
0
0
Total
100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL
GRADE
60
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL
GRADE
40
Total
COURSE CATEGORY
100
Expertise/Field Courses
COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes
Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1
Students should be able to conduct independent research or undergraduate theses in
their discipline by specifying information needs for investigating a topic-of interest,
accessing the appropriate sources of knowledge, and preparing a comprehensive
research/project report.
2
Students should be able to set goals and objectives, plan strategies and projects in
their business life and working domain
3
Students should be able to critically evaluate the body of knowledge in their area,
assess self-competency, and direct self-learning efforts accordingly. Within this
respect, students should understand the importance of life-long learning
4
Student should perform a multilevel analysis of national and global dynamics, and
should understand the importance of flexible thinking, adaptability, and the ability to
formulate innovative solutions to pursue a successful career.
5
Students should be able to effectively communicate in written or oral French with
people from diverse backgrounds, and should have the French proficiency to follow
and interpret the global dynamics that shape their discipline. By improving their
French proficiency, they improve their competitive power in the field they work.
6
By learning a second language, students have the opportunity to increase their work
field
7
Students should understand the importance of respect for individual and cultural
diversity, and should be able to emphatically interact with individuals from diverse
cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings
8
Students should be able to use qualitative and quantitative research methods through
appropriate computer programs
9
Students should understand standards of personal, professional and social ethics,
evaluate the ethical implications of various practices related to their discipline, and
have awareness of the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to society.
10
Within the framework of the knowledge acquire in the field, students should
understand the personal, social, and ecological dimensions of social responsibility, and
x
x
have the awareness that being socially responsible is an active citizenship duty of each
and every individual.
Students should know that universality of social rights and social justice are the
11 principle components of contemporary society, and that scientific thinking is an
x
essential prerequisite for maintaining social advancement and global competitiveness.
Students should understand the importance of quality, safety and health
management, corporate social responsibility, personal, professional, and cross-cultural
12
respect, and professional ethics in maintaining organizational sustainability in
Professional life and working institutions and organizations.
X
Students should internalize the concepts and theoretical models in the social, political
and economic domains through a multi-dimensional perspective by implementing
13
scientific research methods; have the capability to research, access and analyze issues
in their field.
x
14
By learning the Turkish political system and the functioning of domestic and
international politics, the students develop their capacity to analyze
Students should have evaluate the models on the attitudes and behaviors of the
states, the functioning of the international political and economic system, problems in
15
international relations through the acquired theoretically and practically advanced
knowledge; should have ability to think analytically
x
ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities
Quantity
Total
Duration
Workload
(Hour)
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course
hours)
16
3
48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)
16
3
48
Mid-terms
1
2
2
Homework
1
2
2
Final examination
1
2
2
Total Work Load
102
Total Work Load / 25 (h)
4.08
ECTS Credit of the Course
4