COURSE INFORMATON
Course Title
Political Sociology
Code
Semester
L+P Hour
Credits
ECTS
PSIR 305
5
3+0
3
5
Prerequisites
-
Language of
Instruction
English
Course Level
Undergraduate
Course Type
Compulsory
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Prof. Dr. Meral Sağır
Assistants
To comment political theories, political approaches, political process in
Goals
the world and to analyze Turkey’s socio-political history and structure
To provide students with an introduction to core theoretical,
methodological and substantive themes in political sociology;
To enable students to read and interpret key texts from political
sociology;
Content
To give students an understanding of ‘sociological thinking’ of politics
Learning Outcomes
Program
Learning
Outcome
Teaching
Methods
Assessment
Methods
3,9
A
3,9
A
Core theoretical, methodological and
substantive themes in political sociology;
To comment political theories, political
approaches, political process in the world and to
analyze Turkey’s socio-political history and
structure
Teaching
Methods:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case
Study
Assessment
Methods:
A: Testing, C: Homework
COURSE CONTENT
Study
Materials
Week Topics
Introducing to Political Sociology : What is Political
1 Sociology?
Readings
materials
Emerging of political sociology and its basic perspectives:
Pluralism
Elitism
2
Class Analysis
Conflict and
Structural- functionalist/Concensus/Sytem Analysis
Paradigmatic components of political sociology:
Society
State
Social Order and Social Change
3
Social Inequality and Social Stratification
Politics
Political Participation
Power
Pluralism & Elitism
4 & Paradigmatic components of political sociology
Class and Conflict Analysis
5 & Paradigmatic components of political sociology
6
Structural- functionalist/Concensus/Sytem Analysis
& Paradigmatic components of political sociology
7 State and Civil Society : Classical Theories
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9
Challenge to the State: Globalisation, Neo-Liberalism, New Social
Movements
10
Challenge to Civil Society :Political Culture, Citizenship, Political
Participation
11
Rethinking Governance : Contemporary Theories of State and
Civil Society
12 Global Governance
13 Post-American World
14 Post-American World
Review
FINAL EXAM
RECOMMENDED SOURCES
▪KEITH FAULKS, Political Sociology, A Critical Introduction,
1999, Edinburgh University Press
Textbook
▪
KOURVERTARIZ GEORGE A. And DOBRATZ BETTY A., Political
Sociology:Readings in Researche and Theory, Transaction
Books, Londra, 1975
▪
MERAL SAĞIR-SERKAN AKILLI, Siyaset Sosyolojisi Yazıları,
Siyasal Kitabevi-2004
▪
Oxford Consise Dictionary of Sociology, Gordon Marshall
Additional Resources
MATERIAL SHARING
Documents
Titles of of Essay Profiles
Assignments
K. Marks
Laclau
R.Dahl
MouffeM.Weber
N.Bobbio
H.Arendt
Hobsbawm
G.Sartori
R.Nisbet
R.Bobbio
V.Pareto
R.Michels
C.W.Mills
Miliband
D.Held
D.Bell
A. De Tocqueville
Gramsci
Mosca
A.Etzioni
Exams
ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES
NUMBER
PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms
30
30
Quizzes
10
10
Assignment
10
10
Total 100
100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL
GRADE
40
40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL
GRADE
60
60
Total 100
100
COURSE CATEGORY
Expertise/Field Courses
COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
Contribution
No Program Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
When students have completed the Public Administration Undergraduate
Program, they will be able to;
x
understand and have universal principles of public administration as well as
gain knowledge of the structure and process of Turkish Public
Administration,
1
x
2
gain knowledge of superiority of law and believe in universal principles of
law and also know Turkish legal System,
x
3
behave environmentally sensitive and responsible and develop public
policies on this issue,
x
4
understand the importance of Atatürk thought
science
within the guidance of
x
be executive and administrative candidates who know well Turkish sociopolitic history and structure,
5
x
integrate technological developments and implement technology in an
efficient and effective manner in both public and private sectors,
6
x
improve communication and leadership skills,
7
x
improve ability of expressing in English and Turkish,
8
9
x
gain knowledge of EU legislation (acquis communataire),
10
11
appraise global and regional developments,
x
realize / recognize the importance of art,
x
prepare their career also in private sector - apart from government
executives, as such the flexibility of the program and on the facilities of
12
double major and minor,
x
compare and select the professional opportunities in the field related to the
13 international relations and administrative law.
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
3
3
Homework
1
2
2
Final examination
1
8
8
Total Work Load
109
Total Work Load / 25 (h)
4.36
ECTS Credit of the Course
5