ADM5139 AUTHORITY POWER SOCIAL STRUCTURE
| Course Code: | 3105139 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYLİN TOPAL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to compare major theories of power and authority, including, but not limited to, Weberian, Marxist and Foucauldian conceptualizations. As such, it provides several viewpoints on how social structures institutionalize power and debates, via a dialogue of different theories, the possibilities of resistance, emancipation and establishing alternative power structures.
Course Content
This course discusses the concepts of political sociology in the light of recent literature and critically analyzes their theoretical/empirical significance. Some of the topics of concern are the role of individual in society and politics, alienation in industrial society, middle class politics and its relevance to present day political systems, theories of mass society, the role of ideology in shaping the society and politics, the nature of power in industrial society, and corporatism and neo-corporatism.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
Define and distinguish between authority, domination, hegemony, and resistance.
Critique structuralist vs. post-structuralist approaches to power.
Explain how power operates through discourse, bureaucracy, and economic systems.
Assess the role of ideology, culture, and technology in sustaining/challenging power.
Communicate complex theoretical arguments in academic and public-facing formats.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | The ability to interpret and assess the ways in which power is generated and used socially, institutionally, economically and culturally at the local, national and international levels. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | The ability to conduct interdisciplinary studies and research when assessing the social phenomena in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To attain a sound formation regarding the basic topics, like state-society relations, history of political thought, organisational theory, Turkish politics and comparative politics, in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | The ability to use the classical and new approaches in social sciences comprehensively and critically. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To acquire the methodological knowledge and scientific skills which would enhance the capacity to conduct scientific research and produce publications including a M.S. thesis. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | The ability to evaluate the different dimensions of the problems in the policy areas which are studied through the use of different theoretical perspectives and to develop strategies on this basis. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To uphold ethical principles in science, academy and life. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To approach the issues by an independent, critical and inventive cognitive orientation, which could also support the professional career development. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution