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| ULS5914 | Comparative Political Parties | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Alper Tolga BULUT | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Özgür Tüfekçi | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to provide an extensive analysis of political parties, their function and relation with democracy. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Will learn about the foundations of political parties | 1,2,3,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 2 : | Will learn more about party organizations | 1,2,3,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 3 : | Will be able to analyze voter behavior | 1,2,3,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 4 : | Will grasp the relationship between political parties and democracy | 1,2,3,4 | 3,5, | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Political Parties, party organizations, elections and voting behavior. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Foundations of political parties | | | Week 2 | Defining political parties | | | Week 3 | Social and institutional origins of parties | | | Week 4 | Political parties in established democracies | | | Week 5 | Parties in new democracies | | | Week 6 | Party families | | | Week 7 | Party İdeologies | | | Week 8 | Yeşil partiler | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Right wing parties | | | Week 11 | Trust and political parties | | | Week 12 | Party system institutionalization | | | Week 13 | Parties and voters | | | Week 14 | Parties in government | | | Week 15 | Coalition types | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Epstein, Leon (1964) Political Parties in Western Democracies | | | 2 | Scarrow, Susan E., Paul Webb, and David M. Farrell. "From social integration to electoral contestation." Parties without partisans: Political change in advanced industrial democracies (2002): 343-61. | | | 3 | Dalton, Russell J., and Martin P. Wattenberg. Parties without partisans: Political change in advanced industrial democracies. Oxford University Press on Demand, 2002. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 60 | 30 | | Quiz | 12 | 10/05/2022 | 60 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/06/2022 | 60 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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