SKB631 - THEORIES of STATE
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THEORIES of STATE | SKB631 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the historical and philosophical evolution of the modern state by positing a primary emphasis on different theories of state from a critical perspective. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Power, ideology, political system, sovereignty, authority, legitimacy, welfare, capitalism, bureaucracy, contract, cohesion, impartiality, liberty, democracy, difference, interventionism, secessionism and cosmopolitanism. | |||||
| References | Agamben, Giorgio (1998), Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, Stanford: Stanford University Press. Barrow, W. Clyde (1993), Critical Theories of the State: Marxist, Neo-Marxist, Post- Marxist, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Barzel, Yoram (2002), A Theory of the State: Economic Rights, Legal Rights, and the Scope of the State, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Boucher, David and Paul Kelly (eds.) The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls, London: Routledge. Carnoy, Martin (1984), The State and Political Theory, Princeton: Princeton University Press. Skocpol, Theda (1979), States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Weber, Max (1978), Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology, Vol. I-II, Berkeley: University of California Press. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The State: Concepts, Methods and Theories |
| Week 2 | Philosophical Origins of the Modern State I: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau |
| Week 3 | Philosophical Origins of the Modern State II: Kant, Hegel, Marx |
| Week 4 | State, Power and Ideology I: Gramsci and Althusser |
| Week 5 | State, Power and Ideology II: Poulantzas and Miliband |
| Week 6 | Midterm I |
| Week 7 | The System-Analytical Theory of State and Post-Marxism: Luhmann, Habermas, Offe |
| Week 8 | tate, Neo-Institutionalism and Organizational Realism: Skocpol, Moore, Tilly |
| Week 9 | State and the Genealogy of Power: Schmitt, Foucault, Agamben |
| Week 10 | Liberal State, Contract and Impartiality |
| Week 11 | Midterm II |
| Week 12 | Libertarianism and the State: From Minarchy to Anarchy |
| Week 13 | Democracy and the State I: Identity, Recognition and Multiculturalism |
| Week 14 | Democracy and the State II: Deliberative Model and the Politics of Difference |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 50 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 12 | 144 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 32 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of specialization. To understand the interactions with other disciplines and analyze social structure and dynamics. | X | ||||
| 2. To develop skills for doing and planning research, and analyzing/evaluating data in the field of specialization. To find solutions to the problems faced during the research process. | X | ||||
| 3. To contribute to related literature by conducting a research independently or as a member of a research team. To do leadership and to have a vision. | X | ||||
| 4. To follow the scientific literature in the field of specialization. To evaluate the data by critical thinking and to be committed to lifelong learning. | X | ||||
| 5. To communicate effectively in oral and written base. To master a foreign language and to use computer and information technology effectively in the field of specialization. To share knowledge at scientific platforms with this oral and written communication skill. | X | ||||
| 6. To feel social responsibility. To have a capacity and awareness to contribute to the society. | X | ||||
| 7. To appreciate social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values while conducting studies in the field of specialization. To contribute to the solution of problems faced in this process in the work life. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest