SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
60314TAEOZ-POL0093	Political Sociology	2	Fall	3	0	3	5

Course Type :	Compulsory
Cycle:	Bachelor TQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Language of Instruction:	English
Prerequisities and Co-requisities:	N/A
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Name of Coordinator:	Doçent Dr. ÖZLEM DENLİ
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SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Course Objectives & Content

Course Objectives:	It is the purpose of the course to teach the basic concepts and the debates of Political Sociology.
Course Content:	The prominent approaches which constitutes an intersection between sociology and political science, the basic concepts of political sociology, dealing the contemporary political processes with the conceptual tools of political sociology.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are those describing the knowledge, skills and competencies that students are expected to achieve upon successful completion of the course. In this context, Course Learning Outcomes defined for this course unit are as follows:



Knowledge *(Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)*
1) The participants will recognize the basic approaches in political sociology.
2) The participants will be able to think with the basic concepts of political sociology.
Skills *(Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)*
1) The participants will be able to analyze the contemporary political issues with the concepts of political sociology.
2) The participants will be able to approach the political processes with sociological imagination.
Competences *(Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)*
1) The participants will be able to deal politics in the context of power relations in everyday life.
2) The participants will learn the various definitions of power and authority and how the different approaches in political sociology to position in this manner.
3) The participants will learn the state level political processes and the related institutional structures.
4) The participants will learn globalization and the related process how to reshape national politics.

Weekly Course Schedule

Week	Subject	Materials Sharing *
		Related Preparation	Further Study
1)	Introduction	Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 3-25; 25-38. Jessop, B. (2012) “Marxist Approaches to Power” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 3-14. Breiner, P. (2012) “Weber and Political Sociology” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 15-26. Martin, J. L. and Judd, N. (2020). “Tasks for the Political Sociology of the Next Ten Years” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 243-267.
2)	Power	Thompson, K. (2012) “Durkheim and Durkheimian Political Sociology” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 27-35. Hindess, B. (2012) “Faucaultian Analysis of Power, Government and Politics” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 36-46. Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 38-52. De Leon, C. and Clarno, A. (2020). “Power” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 35-53.
3)	State	Poggi, G. (2012) “Theories of State Formation” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 95-106. King, D. and Le Galés, P. (2012) “State” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 107-119. Beetham, D. (2012) “Political Legitimacy” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 120-129. Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 70-95. Poggi, D. (1978). The Development of the Modern State: A Sociological Introduction. Stanford: U.P. Bourdieu, P. (1994). “Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field”, Sociological Theory 12: 1, 1-18. Mardin, Ş. (1973). “Center-Periphery Relations: A Key to Turkish Politics?” Daedalus 102:1, 169-190.
4)	Nationalism and Citizenship	Keyder, Ç. (2005) “A History and Geography of Turkish Nationalism” in Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey (eds.) Birtek, F. and Dragonas, T. New York: Routledge: 1-17. Koğacıoğlu, D. (2005). ”Citizenship in Context: Rethinking Women’s Relationships to Law in Turkey” in Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey (eds.) Birtek, F. and Dragonas, T. New York: Routledge: 144-160. Schwarzmantel, J. (2012) “Nationalism: Its Role and Significance in a Globalized World” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 325-336. Aktar, A. (2000) Varlık Vergisi ve "Türkleştirme" Politikaları. İstanbul: İletişim. Birtek, F. (2008). ”Aydınlanma, Vatandaşlık ve Siyasi Rejimler” Türkiye'de Çokkültürlü Anayasal Vatandaşlık içinde (der.) Keyman, F. İstanbul: Osmanlı Bankası Arşiv ve Araştırma Merkezi, 18-27. Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 95-116. Ergin, M. (2008). “Biometrics and Anthropometrics: The Twins of Turkish Modernity” Patterns of Prejudice 42:3, 281-304. Hort, S. and Therborn, G. (2012) “Citizenship and Welfare: Politics and Social Policies” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 360-372. Lister, R. (2012) “Citizenship and Gender” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 372-383. Nuhoğlu Soysal, Y. (2012) “Post-national Citizenship: Rights and Obligation of Individuality” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 383-397.
5)	Militarism	Alkan, H. and Zeybek, S. O. (2014) “Citizenship and Objection to Military Service in Turkey” in Routledge Handbook of Global Citizenship Studies (eds.) Isin, E. F. and Nyers, P. New York: Routledge, 466-476. Altınay, A. G. and Bora, T. (2008). "Ordu, Militarizm ve Milliyetçilik" in Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce: Milliyetçilik (eds.) Bora, T. and Gültekingil, M. İletişim Yayınları: İstanbul. Turan, Ö. (2013) "Esas Duruş!: Kışla Deneyimleri ya da Türkiye'de Zorunlu Askerliğin Antropolojisi" in Erkek Millet Asker Millet: Türkiye'de Militarizm, Milliyetçilik, Erkek(lik)ler (eds.) Sünbüloğlu, N. İletişim Yayınları: İstanbul, 261-337.
6)	Religion	Sağlam, E. (2017). "Aestheticised Rituals and (Non-)Engagement with Norms in Contemporary Turkey: A Contribution to Discussion on Piety and Ethics". Anthropology of the Middle East, 13:1, 8-23. Mardin, Ş. (1992). Bediüzzaman Said Nursi Olayı: Modern Türkiye'de Din ve Toplumsal Değişim. İletişim Yayınları: İstanbul, 9-41. Turner, B. S. (2003) “Religion and Politics: The Elementary Forms of Citizenship” in Handbook of Citizenship Studies. (eds.) Isin, E. F. and Turner, B. S. London: Sage, 259-275.
7)	Politics of Memory	Hobsbawn, E. (1992). "Mass Producing Traditions: Europe, 1870-1914" in The Invention of Tradition (eds.) Hobsbawn, E. and Ranger, T. Cambridge University Press. Ahıska, M. "Monsters that Remember: Tracing the Story of the Workers' Monument in Tophane, İstanbul". Red Thread No: 3. Günal, A. and Çelikkan, M. A City that Remembers: Space and Memory from Taksim to Sultanahmet. Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi.
8)	Midterm Exam
9)	Discrimination and Exclusion	Şimşek, D. (2019). "İstanbul'daki Afrikalı Göçmenlerin Gündelik Irkçılık Deneyimleri". Mukaddime 10:1, 233-248. Aktar, A. (2001). Varlık Vergisi ve 'Türkleştirme' Politikaları, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Prechel, H. and Berkowitz, L. (2020). “Conflict Theories in Political Sociology: Class, Power, Inequality and the Historical Transition to Financialization” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 53-79. Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 52-70. Dean, J. (2012) “Gender, Power, Politics” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 283-294. Savage, M. (2012) “Class, Culture and Politics” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 294-305. Norval, A. J. (2012) “The Politics of Ethnicity and Identity” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 305-315. Skrentny, J. D. and Patnode, R. (2012) “Race and Politics” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 315-325. Feagin, J. R. and Elias, S. (2020). “Theories of Race, Ethnicity, and the Racial State” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 191-216. Jung, M. and Kwon, Y. (2020). “The Racial State in the Age of Racial Formation” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1003-1027.
10)	Migration and Displacement	Bloemraad, I. and Hamlin, R. (2020). “Migration, Asylum, Integration and Citizenship Policy” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 880-909.
11)	Urbanization and Urban Transformation	Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 173-190.
12)	Social Movements and Revolutions	Beck, C. J. (2020). “Revolutions against the State” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 564-593.. Meyer, D. S. (2012) “Protests and Political Process” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 397-408. Moghadan, V. M. (2012) “Global Social Movements and Transnational Advocacy” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 408-421. Jasper, M. (2020). “Social Movements” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 627-646. Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 134-156. Edelman, M. (2012) “Rural Social Movements” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 431-444. Evans, P. (2020). “Transnational Social Movements” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1053-1078. Ayşe Buğra, (2012) “Turkey: what lies behind the nationwide protests?” Opendemocracy.net, 6-Aug-13 Arat, Yeşim. 1994. “Toward a Democratic Society: The Women's Movement in Turkey in the 1980s.” Women’s Studies International Forum. Vol.17, No.2-3: 241-248.
14)	Civil Society and the Public Sphere	Ray, L. (2012) “Civil Society and the Public Sphere” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 240-251. Drake, M. S. (2010). Political Sociology for a Globalizing World. Polity Press: Cambridge, 116-134.
14)	Media	Thompson, J. B. (2012) “The Media and Politics” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (eds.) Amenta, E.; Nash, K. and Scott, A. Blackwell Publishing, 263-272. Schudson, M. and Beckerman, G. (2020). “’Old’ Media, ‘New’ Media, Hybrid Media, and the Changing Character of Political Participation” in The New Handbook of Political Sociology (eds.) Janoski, T.; de Leon, C.; Misra, J. and Martin, I. W. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 269-290.
15)	Presentations
16)	Final Exam

*These fields provides students with course materials for their pre- and further study before and after the course delivered.

Level of Contribution of the Course to PLOs

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Programme Learning Outcomes	Contribution Level (from 1 to 5)
1)	Define the basic theories and concepts in the field of Political Science and International Relations,
2)	Identify the main actors, dynamics and power relations in national and international politics,
3)	Analyze current political events and issues in national and international politics,
4)	Relay the information to different groups through using quantitative and qualitative data; and written, verbal and visual communication tools,
5)	Interpret the field of Political Science and International Relations through its relations with other social sciences,
6)	Analyze problems and take initiative to solve them,
7)	Act in line with public good and citizenship awareness,
8)	Develop an analytical, comparative and critical perspective,
9)	Apply the knowledge in professional life,
10)	Acquire communication in a Foreign Language (English) competence defined on the level of at least B2 in European Language Portfolio,
11)	Use information and communication technologies,
12)	Apply expert knowledge with ethical awareness and social responsibility,
13)	Evaluate national and international political developments within the framework of social justice and human rights,

SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE

Teaching & Learning Methods of the Course

(All teaching and learning methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)

Teaching and Learning Methods defined at the Programme Level	Teaching and Learning Methods Defined for the Course
Lectures
Discussion
Reading
Homework
Questions Answers

Assessment & Evaluation Methods of the Course

(All assessment and evaluation methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)

Aassessment and evaluation Methods defined at the Programme Level	Assessment and Evaluation Methods defined for the Course
Midterm
Presentation
Final Exam
Homework Evaluation
Participation in Discussions

Contribution of Assesment & Evalution Activities to Final Grade of the Course

Measurement and Evaluation Methods	# of practice per semester	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	2	% 10.00
Midterms	1	% 40.00
Semester Final Exam	1	% 50.00
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE

WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Teaching & Learning Activities	# of Activities per semester	Duration (hour)	Total Workload
Course	14	3	42
Laboratory	0	0	0
Application	0	0	0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)	0	0	0
Field Work	0	0	0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Presentations / Seminar	3	5	15
Project	0	0	0
Homework Assignments	0	0	0
Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities	-	-	113
WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Assesment & Evaluation Activities	# of Activities per semester	Duration (hour)	Total Workload
Quizzes	0	0	0
Midterms	1	1	1
Semester Final Exam	1	1	1
Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities	-	-	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities)			115
ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h)			5