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Ph.D. in Political Science

PSIR611

STATE TRANSFORMATION IN TURKEY

Course Code
PSIR611
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gain comprehensive knowledge about various theories of state and gain the skills to analyze the state transformation in Turkey from the perspective of these theories.
  2. Develop an understanding of the different historical forms of state intervention in the economy (such as developmentalist state, welfare state and neoliberal state) and explores the evolution of these forms in the Turkish case.
  3. Gain knowledge about the theoretical debates on globalization and the transformation of the state.
  4. Explore the economic, political and institutional dimensions of the transformation of the Turkish state in the process of globalization.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNo
Course DescriptionThe aim of this course is to concentrate on the Turkish state's transformation from 1950s to present from a political economy perspective. The course is composed of three parts. In the first part, liberal, Marxist and institutionalist state theories are analysed. The second part scrutinise different historical forms of government intervention in economy (developmental state, welfare state, neoliberal state, state in the globalization process) within the framework of these theoretical approaches. In the third part, these different forms of capitalist state are analysed by taking into account the Turkish example. Turkey's peculiarities in every historical form and especially the neoliberal state?s contemporary characteristics are discussed in detail.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Theories of state I: Liberal approaches
2nd Week Theories of state II: Marxist approaches
3rd Week Theories of state III: Institutionalist approaches
4th Week Developmentalist state
5th Week Welfare state
6th Week Neoliberal state
7th Week Globalization and the nation-state
8th Week Mid-term Exam
9th Week Globalization of Turkish capitalism-I/II
10th Week Developmentalist state in Turkey
11th Week Welfare state in Turkey
12th Week Neoliberal state in Turkey: 1980S-1990s
13th Week Neoliberal state in Turkey: 2000s
14th Week Neoliberal state in Turkey: From the 2008 crisis onwards
Recommended or Required ReadingC. Hay (2006) The State: Theories and Issues, Palgrave Macmillan.
M. Carnoy (2014) The State and Political Theory, Princeton University Press.
P. Evans, D. Rueschemeyer, T. Skocpol (1985) Bringing the State Back in, Cambridge Univer-sity Press.
P. Evans (1995) Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation, Princeton Univer-sity Press.
G. Esping-Andersen (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Princeton University Press.
R. Kiely (2005) Globalisation theory or capitalist globalisation (Chapter 2), Empire in the age of globalisation : US hegemony and neoliberal disorder, London: Pluto, pp.7-38.
W. I. Robinson (2001) Social Theory and Globalization: The Rise of a Transnational State,
Theory and Society, Vol. 30, No. 2
Ümit Akçay (2011) Sermayenin Uluslararasılaşması ve Devletin Dönüşümü: Teknokratik Otori-terizmin Yükselişi, Praksis, Sayı 30-31.
Ş. Oğuz (2013) Kurumsalcı Bir Kurgu Olarak Kalkınmacı Devlet: Tarihsel ve Kuramsal Bir Eleştiri, Cilt: 46, Sayı: 4.
V. Chibber (2005) Reviving the Developmental State: The Myth of the "National Bourgeoisie", in Leo Panitch and Colin Leys, eds: The Empire Reloaded (Socialist Register 2005), pp.144-65.
H. Gülalp (1985) "Patterns of Capital Accumulation and State Society Relations in Turkey," Journal of Contemporary Asia, 15(3).
Z. Öniş-F. Şenses (2007) Global Dynamics, Domestic Coalitions and a Reactive State: Major Policy Shifts in Post-War Turkish Economic Development, ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, 34: 2.
Ü. Akçay (2007) Kapitalizmi Planlamak: Turkiye'de Planlama ve DPT'nin Dönüşümü, SAV Yayınları, İstanbul.
B. A. Özden (2014) The Transformation of Social Welfare and Politics in Turkey: A Successful Convergence of Neoliberalism and Populism, İsmet Akca et al (Ed.) Turkey Reframed: Consti-tuting Neoliberal Hegemony, Pluto Press, s.157-173.
U. Bozkurt (2013) Neoliberalism with a Human Face: Making Sense of the Justice and Development Party's Neoliberal Populism in Turkey Science & Society, Vol. 77, No. 3.
Deniz Yıldırım (2009) AKP ve Neoliberal Popülizm, İlhan Uzgel ve Bülent Duru (der.) AKP Kitabı: Bir Dönüşümün Bilançosu, Phoenix Yayınevi, 39-64.
F. Akyüz (2011) Türkiye'de Kapitalizmin ve Sosyal Güvencesizliğin İnşası, İstanbul: SAV Yayınları.
A.Buğra (2008) Kapitalizm, Yoksulluk ve Türkiye'de Sosyal Politika, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
O. Topak 2012) Refah Devleti ve Kapitalizm: 2000'li Yıllarda Türkiye'de Refah Devleti, İletişim Ya S.Dedeoğlu ve A. Y. Elveren (2012), Türkiye'de Refah Devleti ve Kadın, İletişim Yayınları.
Ö.Akduran (2012) Hane, Devlet, Piyasa: Kadın Emeği ve Sosyal Politikalar Bağlamında Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Bütçe, SAV Yayınları.
S. Güzelsarı (2008) Küresel Kapitalizm ve Devletin Dönüşümü: Türkiye'de Mali İdarede Yeniden Yapılanma, İstanbul: SAV Yayınları.
Ü. Sönmez (2011) Piyasanın İdaresi: Neoliberalizm ve Bağımsız Düzenleyici Kurumların Anatomisi, İletişim Yayınları.
Ş. Oğuz (2012) Türkiye'de Kapitalizmin Küreselleşmesi ve Neoliberal Otoriter Devletin İnşası, Mesleki Sağlık ve Güvenlik Dergisi, Cilt: 45-46, Temmuz-Aralık 2012.
Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (2009) Türkiye'de Neoliberal Otoriter Devletin AKP'li Yüzü, İlhan Uzgel ve Bülent Duru (der.) AKP Kitabı: Bir Dönüşümün Bilançosu, Phoenix Yayınevi, 39-64.
Z. Öniş and A.B. Güven (2011) Global Crisis, National Responses: The Political Economy of Turkish Exceptionalism. New Political Economy, Vol. 16, No.5
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 45
Assignment 2 55
Total(%) 100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 6 84
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 60 60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 2 60 120
Total Work Load308
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.26
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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