UPL601 URBAN SPACE AND POLITICS
| Course Code: | 8110601 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. HÜSEYİN ÇAĞATAY KESKİNOK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to deepen the students’ understanding of urban political processes by using an urban political economy lens that draws attention to the spatiality of political processes.
Having discussed certain critical concepts such as space/place/geography on the one hand, power and the state on the other, key issues and problem areas of urban politics will be explored throughout the course.
Course Content
Evaluating paradigmatic assumptions of urban and political theorists according to the theoretical debates around issues of urban politics and space. Identifying conflicts among political actors, civil society and capital in shaping the urban space. Analysing state policies, political mobilization and urban social movements.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students will develop an alternative approach which problematize (urban) space as a political issue.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Being an expert and making policy analysis and policy formulation within issues as such urban social policy, urban health, local government finance, urban transportation policy, urban water management, institutional capacity development and reorganization of local governments, urban planning and development legislation, urban redevelopment, public-private-partnership for urban services, industrialization and urban economy, city and regional planning, housing and real estate policies, urban conservation, alternatives for local services, environmental policies in the urban context, rural areas management, urban disaster management, women participation to the urban politics, urban social movements, participation to the local politics, urban crime and security. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to take responsibility for leadership during the interdisciplinary oriented field research that necessitates active coordination and issues determining and analyzing the problems of public. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Analytically thinking and synthesizing ability that operationalize research framework with different dimensions and ability to define solution based problems. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Ability for qualitative and quantitative data gathering and processing and sharing the outputs with shareholders especially policy makers and public. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Having the knowledge of related institutional and legal regulations. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Having the knowledge of national and international academic literature and having critical thinking and distinctive contributions to the literature that the students deal with. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to formulate creative policy alternatives and policy implementations by adopting critical and realistic manner for assisting public authorities. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution