ADM4162 DEMOCRATIZATION & EUROPEANIZATION IN TURKEY
| Course Code: | 3104162 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. CANAN ASLAN AKMAN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide the students of political science with a theoretically-informed analysis of democratization in Turkey following the latest military regime (1980-1983) up to the early 2000s. The main axis of the lectures and class is organized around the process of transition and democratization challenges by focusing on relevant actors and the specific issues of democratization reforms since the mid-1980s. Adopting a comparative perspective on democratization processes worldwide, the course material highlights the interplay between domestic and international forces in Turkish democratization to better comprehend the challenges of legal reforms and their implementation. In the first part of the course, major theoretical frameworks and conceptual schemes on transitions from authoritarianism, consolidation of democracy and the significance and the limits of external democracy promotion are reviewed. In this context, democratization in the EU accession countries is approached as the political aspect of Europeanization. The second part deals specifically with the Turkish case analyzing the transition dynamics, political parties and governments and legal -constitutional reforms towards democratization. The course ends with reflections on the recent global tide of democratic backsliding and the Turkish case.
Course Content
The objective of this course is to provide for students of political science a theoretically informed analysis of democratization in Turkey, with specific reference to the impact of the relations with the EU and Europeanization process. It is the intention of this course to emphasize the interplay between domestic and international forces (here mainly the EU) in the democratization process in Turkey, in addition to the general objective of providing a theoretical framework and a comparative perspective to the challenges of democratization in Turkey. This course will analyze the political reform process in Turkey as well as the challenges in institution-building and in democratizing the political culture at mass and elite levels.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution