GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS/8830017
Course Title: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Demirhan Fahri Erdem
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/demirhan
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  demirhan@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To learn main subjects about political participation
To learn importance of political participation with regards to local governments
To improve ability of thinking about political participation
To improve ability of analysis of political participation at global and local level
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Facts, steps and types of political participation
2. Week  Factors affecting political participation
3. Week  Democracy and related terms
4. Week  Models of democracy
5. Week  Globalization process and political participation
6. Week  Local politics in Turkey 1
7. Week  Local politics in Turkey 2
8. Week  Presentation
9. Week  Presentation
10. Week  Presentation
11. Week  Presentation
12. Week  Presentation
13. Week  Presentation
14. Week  Submission of prepared and completed studies as final exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  21. Yüzyılda Prens, (Ed.) Ümit Özdağ, Ankara, Kripto , 2012. Ayrıca öğretim üyesinin sınıfa dağıtacağı okuma metinleri, makale veya kitap bölümleri.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
100
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
0
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
100
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
5
9
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
8
40
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
12
3
36
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
15
15
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
189
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.56
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Local Goverments through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
2To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
3To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Local Governments and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X
4To gain a repertoire on European Union s administrative structure, local government policy in Turkey, globalization and localitization debates and new approaches in public administration.X
5To be equipped with the knowledge of Turkish Constitutional order, legal framework of human rights and international law.X
6To be able to reach the academic literature on public administration, to prepare a research design based on this theoretical framework, to conduct a scientific research by utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative methods and to analyze gathered data as well as to produce findings out of them.X
7To have professional and social responsibility as well as the skills to produce scientific knowledge in line with the ethical principles; to be able to make scientific publications.X
8To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Local Governments through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
9To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
10To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Local Governments and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X