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| KAC5019 | Women in Politics in Comparative Perspective | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | | | 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: | | The course will familiarize students with the past, current, and future trends of women?s political participation. It will illustrate the dominant arguments for underrepresentation in political office.
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| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | analyze past, current, and future trends of women?s political participation | 1,2,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 2 : | illustrate the dominant arguments for under representation in political office | 1,2,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 3 : | gain the ability to incorporate the study of women in politics into other courses of political
sciences | 1,2,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 4 : | apply their theoretical knowledge to practical problems related to women's representation | 1,2,4 | 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 | | |
| The course will focus on questions such as follows: How do electoral systems affect women?s access to elected office? What, if any, are the negative effects of imposing gender quotas? If elected, do women promote greater substantive representation? the course will also look into the potential for gender-based discrimination among socialized gender roles, voters, political parties, campaign policies, and the
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and Overview; What is feminism, gender, and the feminist movement | | | Week 2 | Waves of Feminism and International Conventions | | | Week 3 | Types of Representation | | | Week 4 | Electoral Systems | | | Week 5 | Political Parties | | | Week 6 | Candidate Selection | | | Week 7 | Women in the legislature | | | Week 8 | Election quotas for women | | | Week 9 | Exam | | | Week 10 | Socio-economic Institutions and Barriers | | | Week 11 | Education and Marriage | | | Week 12 | Gender Stereotypes | | | Week 13 | Exam | | | Week 14 | Campaigning and the Media | | | Week 15 | Violence in Politics & Women Ideology | | | Week 16 | Exam | | | |
| 1 | Alexander, Amy C., Catherine Bolzendahl, and Farida Jalalzai, eds. Measuring Women?s Political Empowerment across the Globe: Strategies, Challenges and Future Research. Springer, 2017. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 1 | 30 | | Quiz | 13 | 09/05/2022 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/06/2022 | 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 | 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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