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| SOS2001 | Political Sociology | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bahar USTA BAKİ | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Dr. Serdal Fidan | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to teach students the basic concepts of political sociology and acquaint them with analysis of the dominant sociological theories of politics and the necessary accumulation of knowledge for analysis of political processes and facts |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | identify basic consepts and theories of political sociology | 1,2,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : |
understand the field and the boundaries of political sociology and position it within the social sciences | 1,2,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | can address the political phenomena and processes with the sociological perspective and produce solutions | 1,2,3,6 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | analyse relationship between political culture and political processes | 1,2,3,5 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | acquaint with the form and content of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish political culture | 1,2,3,5 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In this lesson, the basic concepts of political sociology, political management style, power, civil society, political culture, the state apparatus, the general public, democracy, propaganda, fundamental political transformations in the Ottoman Empire and the republic, national political trends are discussed. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: Political sociology and related social sciences | | | Week 2 | Power, political power and state | | | Week 3 | State, nation and civic society | | | Week 4 | Forms of political governance and democracy | | | Week 5 |
Political parties, pressure and interest groups | | | Week 6 |
Modernity, national state and democracy | | | Week 7 | Ideology, politics and the question of the legitimacy | | | Week 8 | Political communication, language, culture, and politics | | | Week 9 |
Mid-term exam 28. 11. 2023 | | | Week 10 |
Political culture, political socialization and political participation | | | Week 11 |
Industrialization, political culture and mass society | | | Week 12 | Ruling, violence and oppressive forms of governance | | | Week 13 | The process of social change and political forms of governance | | | Week 14 | Turkish state traditions | | | Week 15 | Globalization, world Society and the future of democracy | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam 8.1.2024 | | | |
| 1 | Vergin, N. 2006; Siyasetin Sosyolojisi: Kavramlar, Tanımlar, Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları. | | | |
| 1 | Aydın, M. 2014; Siyasetin Sosyolojisi, İstanbul: Açılım Kitap. | | | 2 | Bottomore, T. 1987; Siyaset Sosyolojisi. çev. Erol Mutlu, Teori Yayınları, Ankara | | | 3 | Türköne, M. 2003; Siyaset, Lotus Yayınevi, İstanbul | | | 4 | Taşdelen, H. M., 2010; Siyaset Sosyolojisi, Kocav Yayınları, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 9 | 28/11/2023 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 8/01/2023 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 7 | 28 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Diğer 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 100 |
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