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COURSE DESCRIPTION

DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION/4340066

Course Title:	DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIZATION
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Kürşad Şeyhmus TURAN

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

http://kursadturan.weebly.com, http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kturan

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

kturan@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns and compares types of political regimes.
Learns the historical development of democracy.
Learns and analyzes the theoretical, structural and institutional factors effective in the development of democracy.
Analyzes the requirements of democracy and interprets the process of democratization through these reuqirements.
Analyzes the steps of democratization in the light of current examples.
Makes analysis about the future of democracy by evaluating the past performance of it.

-- 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	Introduction: Presentation of the subject, plan and aims of the course
2. Week	Political Regimes
3. Week	Regime Types: Authoritarian, totalitarian and democratic systems
4. Week	Democracy in the History
5. Week	Three Waves of Democracy
6. Week	Types of Democracy - Theoretical - 1
7. Week	Types of Democracy - Theoretical - 2
8. Week	Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week	Types of Democracy - Structural
10. Week	Types of Democracy - Institutional
11. Week	Requirements of Democracy
12. Week	Democratization - 1
13. Week	Democratization - 2
14. Week	End of Democratic Regimes - Reverse Wave?
15. Week	Democratic Performance and thr Future of Democracy
16. Week	Paper Submissions

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQUIRED READINGS: Samuel P. Huntington, Üçüncü Dalga, Ankara: Kilit, 2007; Robert A. Dahl, On Democracy, Yale: Yale University Press, 2000 RECOMMENDED READINGS: Manfred G. Schmidt, Demokrasi Kuramlarına Giriş, Ankara: Vadi, 2001; Gene Sharp, Diktatörlükten Demokrasiye, İstanbul: Milena, 2013; Charles Tilly, Democracy, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	0
Assignment	1	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	33	33
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
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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