POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES

PSIR347

Course Code: PSIR347
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Hakan Yavuzyılmaz

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Have in-depth knowledge about the historical evolution of political ideologies from the 18th century onwards.
Learn how to do academic presentation and how to prepare advanced reflection papers.
Have competitive leverage both in the process of application to and during the graduate studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

Today, the concept of ideology is often used negatively in everyday political practices. Despite this negative usage, political ideologies continue to be one of the main factors in forming individuals' political preferences and political mobilization. Moreover, political ideologies continue to define the boundaries of democratic and non-democratic political competition. For this reason, it is important to understand and reflect on political ideologies and the transformations that different ideologies undergo within themselves. The aim of this course is to present the different approaches to the concept of ideology within the historical evolution of the concept and to examine different political ideologies together with the transformations they have undergone within themselves. At the end of this course, students will have an in-depth knowledge of the concept of political ideology, how different ideologies have changed and the philosophical/theoretical foundations of these ideologies.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction and Course Description
2^nd Week	The Concept of Ideology and its Historical Evolution (Örs (Introduction), Heywood (Chapter 1))
3^rd Week	Different Approaches to Ideologies (Örs (Introduction), Heywood (Part 1))
4^th Week	Liberalism (Örs (Liberalism Section), Heywood (Liberalism Section))
5^th Week	Conservatism (Anvil (Conservatism Section), Heywood (Conservatism Section))
6^th Week	Marxism (Örs (Marxism Section), Heywood (Socialism Section))
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Social Democracy (Örs (Social Democracy Department), Heywood (Social Democracy Department))
9^th Week	Nationalism (Örs (Nationalism Section), Heywood (Nationalism Section))
10^th Week	Anarchism (Örs (Anarchism Section), Heywood (Anarchism Section))
11^th Week	Fascism (Anvil (Fascism Section), Heywood (Fascism Section))
12^th Week	Populism (Heywood (Populism Section))
13^th Week	Multiculturalism (Heywood (Multiculturalism Section))
14^th Week	Ecologism (Heywood (Ecologism section))

Recommended or Required Reading

Heywood, Andrew (2022). Political Ideologies: An Introduction (New York: Palgrave).
Örs, Birsen (En güncel baskı)). 19. Yüzyıldan 20. Yüzyıla Modern Siyasal İdeolojiler (İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	45
Assignment	1	5
Attendance	1	5
Total(%)		55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		45
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	35	35
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	25	25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	1	20	20
Project
Total Work Load			153
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.1
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3	X
K4		X	X
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11		X
K12
K13