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| INTR4000 | Democracy Theories | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hülya KINIK | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course deals with the most important theories and models of democracy, from its early beginnings to the present. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | The student has knowledge about the principal meanings and the historical development of democracy. | 6,12 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | The student recognizes democratic from non-democratic institutions and practices. | 6,12 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | The student identifies the leading models of democracy in terms of their central ideas and historical conditions. | 6,12 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | The student explains how changing social and political conditions have affected the evolution of democratic ideas and practices | 6,12 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | The student interprets the current political events within the framework of theories of democracy | 6,12 | 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 | | |
| This course focuses on contemporary debates about the meaning and nature of democracy and examines the idea of democracy from a range of historical, normative and theoretical perspectives. The course seeks to expose students both to some of the classic debates in the history of democratic thought and to some influential contemporary works in democratic theory. Throughout the course, we will discusse and compare several traditions within democratic theory which approach the meaning and nature of democracy differently. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The Concept of Democracy, Historical Evolution of Democracy | | | Week 2 | Ancient Democracy as a Model | | | Week 3 | Direct Democracy and Representative Democracy | | | Week 4 | Liberal Democracy | | | Week 5 | Radical Democracy & Deliberative Democracy | | | Week 6 | Agonistic Democracy | | | Week 7 | Majoritarian and Pluralist Democracy | | | Week 8 | The Theory of Social Democracy and Marxist Democracy
| | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Plebiscitary Democracy | | | Week 11 | Elite Democracy | | | Week 12 | Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy | | | Week 13 | Democracy and Human Rights | | | Week 14 | Political Secularism and Democracy | | | Week 15 | General Evaluation | | | Week 16 | End-of-term Exam | | | |
| 1 | Held, David. 2006; Models of Democracy, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. | | | 2 | Dahl, Robert A. 1998; On Democracy, New Haven, London: Yale University Press.
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| 1 | Sartori, Giovanni. 1996; Demokrasi Teorisine Geri Dönüş, Yetkin Yayınları,
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 25.04.2023 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13.06.2023 | 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 | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 14 | 8 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
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