| Course Name | Minority Politics |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSIR 434 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | By the end of this course, the students are expected to be able to identify, analyse and evaluate aspects concerning various developments in the legal status and treatment of minorities around the world and especially in Europe. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course is designed as to refine student’s training in political science through the analytical exploration of minority politics with a focus on European developments. That is mainly because the emergence and subsequent evolution of minority rights cannot be separated from the modern European political history. The two World Wars in particular have marked the evolution of European states and of their understanding of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities. As a result, Europe represents nowadays a space where minority politics has become highly complex, with international organisations such as the Council of Europe, OSCE and the EU being deeply involved. The students are expected (1) to read the assignments, (2) to get involved in the debates on the main course themes and produce presentations on those themes, (3) internalise analytically the information provided throughout the course and in the academic bibliography, and (4) produce coherent answers to relevant questions in the midterm and final exams. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction – syllabus presentation and explanation. | Syllabus and documents containing rules for the undertaking and evaluation of students’ analytical work |
| 2 | The ‘Problem of Minorities’: Minority Rights within the Context of Human Rights Regimes | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 1. |
| 3 | The ‘Problem of Minorities’: Minority Rights within the Context of Human Rights Regimes | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 1. |
| 4 | Minority Rights: Religion | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 2. |
| 5 | Minority Rights: Race | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 3. |
| 6 | Minority Rights: Language | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 4. |
| 7 | Minority Rights: Ethnicity | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 5. FREEMAN, Michael, 2002. Human Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, Chapter 6, section “Minority Rights”. |
| 8 | Ara Sınav | - |
| 9 | Beyond the “Problem of Minorities”? Toward Minority Politics | JACKSON PREECE, Jennifer, 2005. Minority Rights. Cambridge: Polity Press, section 6. |
| 10 | Minority politics and minority rights in unitary nation-states: the case of Turkey | BAYAR, Yeşim. 2014. ‘In Pursuit of Homogeneity: The Lausanne Conference, Minorities and the Turkish Nation’ Nationalities Papers, 42(1), 108-125. İÇDUYGU, Ahmet and SONER, Ali, B. 2006. ‘Turkish Minority Rights Regime: Between Difference and Equality’, Middle Eastern Studies, 42(3), 447-468. ÖZGEN, Zeynep. 2006. ‘Change and Resistance: EU Conditionality on Minority Rights in Turkey’, paper presented in the 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference, "Ripple Effects" of the European Project, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, February 10-12, 2006. HUGHES, Edel. 2010. ‘The European Union Accession Process: Ensuring the Protection of Turkey’s Minorities’, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 17(4), 561-577. |
| 11 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: Autonomy-1 | TKACIC, Michael, 2008. ‘Characteristics of Forms of Autonomy’. International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, 15(2/3), 369-401. KYMLICKA, Will, 2007. ‘National Cultural Autonomy and International Minority Rights Norms’. Ethnopolitics, 6(3), 379-393. For specific cases of territorial autonomy on ethnic bases, see the following: STEWART, Susan. 2001, ‘Autonomy as a mechanism for conflict regulation? The case of Crimea’, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 7(4), 113-141. BOCHSLER, Daniel and SZÖCSIK, Edina, 2013 ‘The Forbidden Fruit of Federalism: Evidence from Romania and Slovakia’, West European Politics, Vol. 36, Issue 2, pp. 426-446. TOLVAISIS, Leonas, 2012. ‘Hungarian cultural autonomy in Vojvodina from the 1974 Socialist Constitution to the 2009 Statute of Autonomy: path dependence dynamics against the reversal of minority policies’, Nationalities Papers, Vol. 40, No. 1, January 2012, pp. 63-83. |
| 12 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: Autonomy-2 | TKACIC, Michael, 2008. ‘Characteristics of Forms of Autonomy’. International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, 15(2/3), 369-401. KYMLICKA, Will, 2007. ‘National Cultural Autonomy and International Minority Rights Norms’. Ethnopolitics, 6(3), 379-393. For specific cases of territorial autonomy on ethnic bases, see the following: STEWART, Susan. 2001, ‘Autonomy as a mechanism for conflict regulation? The case of Crimea’, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 7(4), 113-141. BOCHSLER, Daniel and SZÖCSIK, Edina, 2013 ‘The Forbidden Fruit of Federalism: Evidence from Romania and Slovakia’, West European Politics, Vol. 36, Issue 2, pp. 426-446. TOLVAISIS, Leonas, 2012. ‘Hungarian cultural autonomy in Vojvodina from the 1974 Socialist Constitution to the 2009 Statute of Autonomy: path dependence dynamics against the reversal of minority policies’, Nationalities Papers, Vol. 40, No. 1, January 2012, pp. 63-83. |
| 13 | Minority (inter-ethnic) Politics: the Devolution of Sovereignty | MUNRO, Colin R., 1999. ‘Scottish Devolution: Accommodating a Restless Nation’. International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, 6(1/2), 97-119. KEATING, Michael, 2000. ‘The Minority Nations of Spain and European Integration: A New Framework for Autonomy?’ Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 1(1), 29-42. |
| 14 | Students' Presentations | The entire course bibliography; students’ notes. |
| 15 | Students' Presentations | The entire course bibliography; students’ notes. |
| 16 | Review |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Books and journal articles (see above), power point presentations
*All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Databases from various relevant international organisations (e.g. UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, European Commission, European Parliament); Databases from relevant international civil society organisations, such as: Minority Rights Group International (https://www.escr-net.org/member/minority-rights-group-international); Minority Rights Group (minorityrights.org); Human Rights Watch (https://www.hrw.org/news/2008/03/25/statement-minority-rights). Relevant local, European and world news sources. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 14 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 35 | |
| Total | 169 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to have the basic knowledge of, and make use of other disciplines which contribute to the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues, and develop solutions based on research. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of Political Science and International Relations critically. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to transfer ideas and proposals on issues in the areas of Political Science and International Relations to other people and institutions verbally and in writing. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to identify the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to examine concepts, theories, and developments with scientific methods in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to take responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Political Science and International Relations and communicate with colleagues 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 human history to their field of experience. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
