ADM5132 POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES IN TURKEY

Course Code:3105132
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
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Offered Semester:Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

This course maps political ideologies in modern Turkey with special emphasis on their representations of capitalist modernity, state and the people. It will mainly provide a discourse analysis on the political and cultural writings of a number of major intellectual figures from different ideological perspectives. Tracing the intellectual legacy of the late Ottoman Empire, the lectures will focus on the historical trajectories and modalities of ideological discourses including Kemalism, nationalism, socialism, conservatism, Islamism, and liberalism. The intertextual relations between those discourses and their role şn the constellation of social and political forces will also be examined.


Course Learning Outcomes


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1The 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.
2The ability to conduct interdisciplinary studies and research when assessing the social phenomena in the field of Political Science and Public Administration.
3To 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.
4The ability to use the classical and new approaches in social sciences comprehensively and critically.
5To acquire the methodological knowledge and scientific skills which would enhance the capacity to conduct scientific research and produce publications including a M.S. thesis.
6The 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.
7To uphold ethical principles in science, academy and life.
8To approach the issues by an independent, critical and inventive cognitive orientation, which could also support the professional career development.

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