| Course Name | Political Sociology |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 313 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The course is designed to show the broad social bases of politics and to identify the nature, forms and consequences of interactions taking place between individual, society and the state. To do this, it provides insight into major political sociological theories and helps students make sense of the many major social and political changes taking place in the world. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course moves from the assumption that there is a reciprocal relationship between society and politics in the sense that as social actors and processes shape political processes and institutions, the latter also retains greater capacity to shape the social. The course hence focuses on the complex interactions that take place between economy and politics, states and societies, civil society and politics, and it extends the discussion to basic forms of political rule, power and equality, political parties and factors behind political participation. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Opening session: Introduction to political sociology; Course Introduction | K. Faulks, Political Sociology, pp. 11-32 |
| 2 | Foundations of Political Sociology | Kate Nash (2010). Contemporary Political Sociology, Oxford: Wiley-Blacwell, pp: 1-20. Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, Alan Scott, eds. (2012). The Wiley-Blackwell companion to Political Sociology, Oxford: Wiley-Blacwell, pp: 3-35. |
| 3 | Power, Politics and the Political | Bob Jessop (2004) ‘Developments in Marxist Theory’ in Kate Nash and Alan Scott, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, pp. 7- 16; Richard Bellamy (2004) ‘Developments in Pluralist and Elite Approaches’ in Kate Nash and Alan Scott, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, pp. 17- 28; Keith Dowding (2004) ‘Rational Choice Approaches to Analyzing Power’ in Kate Nash and Alan Scott, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, pp. 28-39. |
| 4 | Power, Politics and the Political | Barry Hindess (2012) ‘Foucaultian Analysis of Power, Government, Politics’ in Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, Alan Scott, eds. (2012) The Wiley-Blackwell companion to Political Sociology, pp: 36-46; Kate Nash (2010). Contemporary Political Sociology, pp: 20- 29; Jacob Torfing (2005) The Linguistic Turn: Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, and Zizek’ In Janoski et al. (eds.), The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp: 153- 171. |
| 5 | THE STATE: Formation of the Modern States | Gianfranco Poggi (2006). “Theories of state formation.” In K. Nash and A. Scott (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, pp: 95-106; Thomas Ertman (2005) State Formation and State Building in Europe In Janoski et al. (eds.), The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization, pp: 367- 383 |
| 6 | THE STATE: Transformation of Modern States | Jeffrey Goodwin (2005) ‘Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements’ In Janoski et al. (eds.), The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization, pp: 404- 422. Charles Tilly (2005) ‘Regimes and Contention’ In Janoski et al. (eds.), The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization, pp: 423- 440. |
| 7 | THE STATE: The Logic of Modern States | James C. Scott (1998). Seeing Like a State. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, pp: 1-52. |
| 8 | Mid-term Exam | |
| 9 | Democracy | Kate Nash (2010). Contemporary Political Sociology, pp: 193- 236; Dietrich Rueschemeyer (2012)‘Democratization’ in Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, Alan Scott, eds. (2012) The Wiley-Blackwell companion to Political Sociology, pp: 454- 465; Colin Crouch (2012) Democracy and Capitalism in the Wake of the Financial Crisis in Edwin Amenta, Kate Nash, Alan Scott, eds. (2012) The Wiley-Blackwell companion to Political Sociology, pp: 454- 465. |
| 10 | Citizenship | Kate Nash (2010). Contemporary Political Sociology, pp: 131- 147; 176- 192. |
| 11 | Social Movements | Kate Nash (2010). Contemporary Political Sociology, pp: 87- 130. J. Craig Jenkins and William Form (2005) ‘Social Movements and Social Change’ in Janoski et al. (eds.), The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization, pp: 331- 349. |
| 12 | Social Movements | James Scott (1990) Domination and the Arts of Resistance, New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1-16; 136- 182. |
| 13 | Social Movements in Authoritarian Contexts | K. Nash (2010), Contemporary Political Sociology, pp: 47-99. Philip McMichael (2005). “Globalization” In Janoski et al. (eds), The Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies and Globalization, pp: 587-606. Susan Strange (1998). The Retreat of the State: The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp: 3-90. |
| 14 | Review of the semester | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 20 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 25 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 35 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 65 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 35 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 17 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 17 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 21 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 32 | |
| Total | 180 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. | X | ||||
| 2 | To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. | |||||
| 3 | To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X | ||||
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