THIRD WORLD

PSIR455

Course Code: PSIR455
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)

Professor Menderes Çınar

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Discover the political nature of the concept of "the Third World" by learning the mostly Eurocentric definitions of the non-Western societies in the post-WWII period.
Learn how non-Western societies and modernization is conceptualized in the conventional modernization school, its radical criticisms, globalization and postcolonial perspectives.
Develop an understanding of modernization based on the critique of different explanations of the underdevelopment problem.
Consider the risk of relativism in criticizing Euro-centricism.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

The problematization of the traditional classification between the developed and underdeveloped countries within modernization literature delineates the scope of the course. Analysis of the developments in political science terminology that accompanied the changes in international system is among the aims of the course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: Themes and Questions of the Course
2^nd Week	The Idea of Progress and Development
3^rd Week	Definition(s) of Modernity
4^th Week	Theories of modernization and the Question of Agency
5^th Week	Theories of modernization and the Question of Agency
6^th Week	Materialist Perspectives: Marx, Neo-Marxism and Dependency School
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	The Question of Culture in (Political) Development
9^th Week	The Question of Culture in (Political) Development
10^th Week	The Issue of Cultural and Ideological Bias.
11^th Week	Monetarism and Marketization as Modernization
12^th Week	Development of Theory in the 1990s
13^th Week	Globalization and its Impact on Development, Democracy and Politics
14^th Week	Globalization and its Impact on Development, Democracy and Politics

Recommended or Required Reading

Books
Piotr Sztompka, The Sociology of Social Change (Blackwell: Oxford, UK, 1993)
David Hulme and Mark M. Turner, Sociology and Development: Theories, Policies and Practices (St. Martin's Press: New York, 1990)
Papers
David Slatter, "The Political Meanings of Development: In Search of New Horizon," in Frans J Schuurman, ed., Beyond the Impasse: New Directions in Development Theory (Zed Books: London, 1993), pp. 93-113.
Anthony Brewer, Marxist Theories of Imperialism: A Critical Survey (London, RKP, 1980), chp 7 "Frank, Wallerstein and the 'Dependency Theorists', pp.158-180.
Fareed Zakeria, "Culture is Destiny: A conversation with Lee Kuan Yew, Foreign Affairs, 73, 2 (1994): 109-126.
Kam Dae Yung, "Is CultureDestiny: The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic Values," Foreign Affairs, 73, 2 (1994): 189-194.
Timur Kuran, "Islam and Underdevelopment: An Old PuzzleRevisited," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 153, (1997): 41-71.
Howard J. Wiarda, "The Ethnocentrism of Social Science," in Roy C. Macridis and Bernard E. Brown, eds., Comparative Politics: Notes and Readings (Dorsey Press: Chicago, IL, 1986), pp. 465-480.
James Petras, "Cultural Imperialism in the late 20th Century," Journal of Contemporary Asia, 23, 2 (1993): 139-148.
John Brohman, "Universalism, Eurocentrism, and Ideological Bias in Development Studies: From Modernization to Neoliberalism," Third World Quarterly, 16, 1 (1995): 121-140. Development Theory in the 1990s
Jan N. Pieterse, "Dilemmas of Development Discourse," Development and Change, 22, 1 (1991): 5-29.
Ben Fine, "Ideology and Markets: Economic Theory and the 'New Right'," The Socialist Register, (1987), pp. 365-389.
Ben Fine, "The Developmental State is Dead: Long Live Social Capital," Development and Change, 30 (1999): 1-19.
Frans J Schuurman, "Introduction: Development Theory in the 1990s," in idem, ed., Beyond the Impasse: New Directions in Development Theory (Zed Books: London, 1993), pp. 1-49.
Mark T. Berger, "The End of the 'Third World'," Third World Quarterly, 15, 2 (1994), pp. 257-275.
Robin Cohen, Contested Domains: Debates in International Labour Studies (Zed Books: London, 1991), chp.8, pp. 123-149
Susan Strange, "Limits of Politics," Government and Opposition, 30, 3 (1995): 292-311.
Bogdan Denitch, "Democracy and the New World Order: Dilemmas and Conflicts," Social Justice, 23, 1-2, (1995): 21-38.
Pablo Gonzales Casanova, "Globalism, Neoliberalism, and Democracy," Social Justice, 23, 1-2, (1995): 39-48.
Arif Dirlik, Postkolonyal Aura: Küresel Kapitalizm Çağında Üçüncü Dünya Eleştirisi, (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi: İstanbul, 2005), pp. 13-43, 86-134.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1
K2
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5	X	X		X
K6
K7	X		X
K8		X	X
K9	X	X		X
K10
K11			X
K12
K13		X