GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

FAILED STATES/5340064

Course Title:	FAILED STATES
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Fatma TAŞDEMİR

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/tfatma

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

tfatma@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns the features of failed states.
Acknowledges the causes of state failure.
Learns threats of failed states for international security.
Analyses the examples of failed states.
Examines the problems of failed states in the context of international law.
Acknowledges the relationship between failed states and terrorism.

-- 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	Definition of Failed States
2. Week	Characteristics of Failed States
3. Week	Historical Emergence of Failed States
4. Week	Causes of Failed States-1
5. Week	Causes of Failed States-2
6. Week	Threats of Failed States for International Community
7. Week	Failed States and International Intervention
8. Week	Midterm Examinations Week
9. Week	Examples of Failed States-1
10. Week	Examples of Failed States-2
11. Week	Examples of Failed States-3
12. Week	Examples of Failed States-4
13. Week	Examples of Failed States-5
14. Week	Examples of Failed States-6
15. Week	Examples of Failed States-7
16. Week	Final Examinations Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQUIRED READINGS: Ashraf Ghani,Clare Lockhart,Fixing Failed States:A Framework for Rebuilding of Fractured World,Oxford University Press,2008; Akif Emre Öktem, Terörizm, İnsancıl Hukuk ve İnsan Hakları,İstanbul: Derin Yayınları,2011; Robert Rotberg(ed), When States Fail: Causes and Consequences,Princeton, New Jersey, 2004; Randall D. Law, Terrorism: A History, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2009 RECOMMENDED READINGS: İhsan Bal(der.), Terörizm, Ankara: USAK Yayınları, 2006; Fatma Taşdemir, Uluslararası Terörizme Karşı Devletlerin Kuvvete Başvurma Yetkisi, Ankara: USAK Yayınları, 2006; Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Reading Book and Articles

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	15	3	45
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	15	3	45
Searching in Internet and Library	15	3	45
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	20	20
Final and Studying for Final	1	35	35
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			190
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.6
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2					X
3					X
4				X
5				X
6				X
7				X
8					X
9				X
10						X
11				X
12			X
13				X

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