POLS 101



POLS 101.02

INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE

FALL 2017

Instructor: Zühre Aksoy

Office: IB 501

Office Hours: M 10:00-12:00 and by appointment

zuhre.aksoy@boun.edu.tr

Teaching Assistant: Levent Önen

Course Description:

This course provides an introduction to the key concepts and methods to analyse politics. In the first part, the course will explore politics and people. In the second part, the focus will be on some of the basic concepts in the study of politics. The third part will look at the interplay between politics and economics, and actors and the processes of governance. In the final part, the emphasis will be on international politics and challenges in the face of globalization.

Requirements:

The students are expected to complete the assigned readings before each class. Grading will be as follows:

Midterm (40 %)

Final Exam: (60 %)

ACADEMIC HONESTY

The Department of Political Science and International Relations has the following rules and regulations regarding academic honesty.

1. Copying work from others or giving and receiving answers/information during exams either in written or oral form constitutes cheating.

2. Submitting take-home exams and papers of others as your own, using sentences or paragraphs from another author without the proper acknowledgement of the original author, insufficient acknowledgement of the consulted works in the bibliography, all constitute plagiarism. For further guidelines, you can consult:

3. Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and will result in:

a) an automatic F in the assignment or the exam,

b) an oral explanation before the Departmental Ethics Committee,

c) losing the opportunity to request and receive any references from the entire faculty,

d) losing the opportunity to apply in exchange programs,

e) losing the prospects of becoming a student assistant or a graduate assistant in the department.

The students may further be sent to the University Ethics committee or be subject to disciplinary action.

READING LIST

Week 1. (September 18/20)

Introduction and Overview

Week 2. (September 25/27)

Analyzing Politics

David Wearing, ‘The Politics of Happiness’, Le Monde diplomatique, July 2006.

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 1., What is Politics?

Week 3. (October 2/4)

Political Culture

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 8., Political Culture and the Media.

Week 4. (October 9/11)

Political Ideologies

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 2., Political Ideas and Ideologies.

Week 5. (October 16/18)

Democracy

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 4., Democracy and Legitimacy.

Week 6. (October 23/25)

Political Economy (I)

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 6., Political Economy and Globalization.

Week 7. (October 30/November 1)

Political Economy (II)

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 6., Political Economy and Globalization.

Week 8. (November 6/8)

NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY: MIDTERM EXAM

Week 9. (November 13/15)

Political Parties and Party Systems

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 10., Parties and Party Systems.

Week 10. (November 20/22)

Group Politics and Social Movements

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 11., Groups, Interests and Movements.

Week 11. (November 27/29)

International Politics (I)

Karen Mingst, Chapter 3, in Essentials of International Relations, pp. 57-82.

Week 12. (December 4/6)

International Politics (II)

Karen Mingst, Chapter 3, in Essentials of International Relations, pp. 57-82.

Week 13. (December 11/13)

Globalization and Global Governance

Andrew Heywood, Politics, Fourth Edition 2013. Chapter 19., World Order and Global Governance.

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