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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 | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mine GÖZÜBÜYÜK TAMER | | Co-Lecturer | | | 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, Authority and Legitimacy
| | | Week 3 | State, nation and citizenship | | | Week 4 | Elites and Politics | | | Week 5 | Political İdeologies
| | | Week 6 | Political Systems | | | Week 7 | Civil Society and Civil Society Organizations | | | Week 8 | Democracy and Democracy Theories | | | Week 9 |
Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Crises of Democracy
| | | Week 11 | Political Participation and Political Culture | | | Week 12 | Political Parties and Electoral Systems | | | Week 13 | Social Movements and Political Change | | | Week 14 | Politics and Globalization | | | Week 15 | Politics and Society in Turkey | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Vergin, N. 2006; Siyasetin Sosyolojisi: Kavramlar, Tanımlar, Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları. | | | |
| 1 | Andrew Heywood (2022) Siyaset. Çev. Nasuh Uslu
| | | 2 | Bottomore, T. 1987; Siyaset Sosyolojisi. çev. Erol Mutlu, Teori Yayınları, Ankara | | | 3 | Duverger, M., 2019Siyaset Sosyolojisi, Dr. Şirin Tekeli. Varlık Yayınları | | | 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 | 28/11/2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 8/01/2026 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Diğer 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Diğer 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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