POPULISM AND DEMOCRACY

PSIR619

Course Code: PSIR619
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain knowledge about the differing contexts of populist politics from a comparative perspective,
Develop analytical skills and capacity to grasp the variety in the impact of populist poltitics on de-mocracy
Develop skills to produce a nuanced discussion on the universal essence of populism, or its lack theoreof.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course aims at achieving three objectives by studying from a comparative perspective the different cases of populism from Latin America to Central Europe in different historical periods. First, it aims at unraveling the historical, social and economic contexts of populist politics. Second, it aims at evaluating the impact of populist politics on democratization process and democracy theory. Third, based on the cases and theoretical approaches studied, it aims at discussing whether a universal conceptualization of populism is possible.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: The themes and organization of the course
2^nd Week	What is populism?
3^rd Week	The old contexts of populism
4^th Week	The new contexts of populism
5^th Week	Latin American Populisms I
6^th Week	Latin American Populisms II
7^th Week	Latin American Populisms III
8^th Week	Mid-term Exam
9^th Week	Central European Populism I
10^th Week	Central European Populism II
11^th Week	Populism in Turkey
12^th Week	(Once Again) What is populism?
13^th Week	Populism, People and Democracy Theory
14^th Week	Populism, People and Authoritarianism

Recommended or Required Reading

Akkerman, Agnes, Cas Mudde and Andrej Zaslove (2014) How Populist Are the People Measuring Populist Attitudes inVoters. Comparative Political Studies
Albwertazzi, D. And D. McDonnel (2008) Twenty-First Century Populism: The Spectre of Western Euıropean Democracy, Palgrave: Basingstone.
Arditi, Benjamin (2007) Politics on the edges of liberalism: difference, populism, revolution, agitation. Edinburg Univeristy Press: Edinburg.
Barr, R. R. 2009. "Populists, Outsiders and Anti-Establishment Politics." Party Politics 15(1):29-48.
van der Brug, Wouter and Anthony Mughan. 2007. "Charisma, Leader Effects and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties." Party Politics 13(1):29-51.
Canovan, Margaret. 1999. "Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy." Political Studies 47(1):1-16.
Canovan, Margaret. 2004. "Populism for Political Theorists" Journal of Political Ideologies 9 (3):241-52.
Corrales, Javier and Michael Penfold-Becerra. 2007. "Venezuela: Crowding out the Opposition." Journal of Democracy 18(2):99-113.
Corrales, Javier. 2011. "Why Polarize Advantages and Disadvantages of Rational-Choice Analysis of Government-Opposition Relations in Venezuela." Pp. 67-97 in The Revolution in Venezuela: Social and Political Change under Chavez, edited by T.Ponniah and J. Eastwood.
Enyedi, Zsolt. 2005. "The Role of Agency in Cleavage Formation." European Journal of Political Research 44(5):697-720.
Gidron, Noam and Bart Bonikowski. 2013. Varieties of Populism: Literature Review and Research Agenda. Working Paper Series. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Unpublished working paper.
Greskovits, Bela. 1995. "Demagogic Populism in Eastern Europe." Telos 102:91-106.
Hawkins, K. A. (2009) Is Chavez Populist: Measuring Populist Discourse in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Political Studies 42(8): 1040-1067.
Kaltwasser, Cristobal Rovira (2012) The ambivalence of populism: threat and corrective for democracy. Democratization, 19(2):184-208.
Kalyvas, Andreas. 2002. "Charismatic Politics and the Symbolic Foundations of Power in Max Weber." New German Critique 85:67-103.
van Kessel, Stijn (2014) The populist cat-dog: applying the concept of populism to contemporary European party systems. Journal of Political Ideologies 19 (1): 99-118.
Laclau, Ernesto (1977) Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory. New Left Boooks: London.
Madrid, Raul (2008) The Rise of Ethnopopulism in Latin Amarica. World Politics 60(3): 475-508.
Mansilla, H. C. F. 2011. "Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Contemporary Populism in Latin America." Revista De Estudios Politicos (152):11-47.
McDonnell, Duncan (2008) Silvio Berlusconi's Personal Parties: From Forza Italia to the Popolo Della Liberta. Political Studies 61(S1): 217-233.
Merolla, J. L. and E. J. Zechmeister. 2011. "The Nature, Determinants, and Consequences of Chavez's Charisma: Evidence from a Study of Venezuelan Public Opinion." Comparative Political Studies 44(1):28-54.
Mudde, Cas and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser. 2012b. "Exclusionary Vs. Inclusionary Populism: Comparing Contemporary Europe and Latin America." Government and Opposition 48(02):147-74.
Mudde, Cas. 2004. "The Populist Zeitgeist." Government and Opposition 39(4):542-63.
Palonen, E. 2009. "Political Polarisation and Populism in Contemporary Hungary." Parliamentary Affairs 62(2):318-34.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation

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	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	7	98
Preparation for Final exam	1	80	80
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	80	80
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework
Total Work Load			305
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.16
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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