At the end of this course, the students; 1) are introduced with the concept 'civil society' and learn its relation with democracy. 2) examine the concept 'civil society' within the scope of Middle East. 3) analyze the civil society-democracy relation in the Middle East and Northern Africa with regard to the cases of Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine and Israel.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No
COURSE DEFINITION
The issue of democratization in the Middle East has been discussed continuously since the end of the Cold War. While, the course compares the concept of civil society in the Middle East with the one in the West, it analyses the question to what extent civil society can speed up democratization in the region. This course has three main aims: The first one is by introducing students the concept of civil society to teach them its relation to democracy. The second is to analyse the concept of civil society in the context of the Middle East. The third is to analyse the relationship between civil society and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa by addressing the examples of Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine and Israel.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to Course: What is civil society?
2nd Week
Relations between civil society and democracy: What is the relationship between civil society and democracy? Is civil society is a concept belonging only to the Western world?
3rd Week
Theoretical Views I: Civil society is a concept foreign to Middle East
4th Week
Theoretical Views I: Civil society is a concept that is a part of Middle East
5th Week
Turkey
6th Week
Egypt I
7th Week
Egypt II
8th Week
Jordan
9th Week
Iran I
10th Week
Iran II
11th Week
Algeria
12th Week
Tunis and Morocco
13th Week
Palestine
14th Week
Israel
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Amyn Sajoo (ed.), Civil Society in the Muslim World (London: I.B. Tauris, 2004). Don E. Eberly (ed.), The Essential Civil Society: The Classic Essays (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000), 1. Bölüm, ss. 3-29. Edward Shils and Steven Grosby, The Virtue of Civil Society: Selected Essays on Liberalism, Tradition, and Civil Society (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1997), 9. Bölüm, ss. 320-355. Larry Diamond, ?Rethinking Civil Society: Toward Democratic Consolidation,? Journal of Democracy 5, no. 3 (July 1994), ss. 4-17. Elisabeth Özdalga and Sune Persson (eds.), Civil Society, Democracy, and the Muslim World (Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute, 1997), 1., 2., 6., 7. ve 9. Bölümler, ss. 1-7, 9-15, 45-53, 55-61, 73-84. Barry Rubin, ?Pushback or Progress? Arab Regimes Respond to Democracy?s Challenge,? Policy Focus no. 75 (Washington D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, September 2007), ss. 1-15. Eva Bellin, ?The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East,? Comparative Politics 36, no. 2 (January 2004), ss. 139-157. Eva Bellin, ?Reconsidering the Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East,? Comparative Politics 44, no. 2 (January 2012), ss. 127-149. Ernest Gellner, Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals (New York: Penguin Books, 1994), 3., 6. ve 25. Bölümler, ss. 15-29, 50-52 ve 190-196. John Hall (ed.), Civil Society: Theory, History, Comparison (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995), 12. Bölüm, ss. 278-300. Laith Kubba, ?Arabs and Democracy: The Awakening of Civil Society,? Journal of Democracy 11, no. 3 (July 2000), ss. 84-90. Mehran Kamrava, ?The Middle East?s Democracy Deficit in Comparative Perspective,? Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 6 (2007), ss. 189-213. Augustus R. Norton (ed.), Civil Society in the Middle East Vol 2, 3. Bölüm, ss. 87-118. Mattei Dogan and Ali Kazancıgil (eds.), Comparing Nations: Concepts, Strategies, Substance (Oxford: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 5. Bölüm, ss. 213-238. Ali Çarkoğlu and Cerem Cenker, ?On the Relationship between Democratic Institutionalization and Civil Society Involvement: New Evidence from Turkey,? Democratization 18, no. 3 (June 2011), ss. 751-773. Augustus R. Norton (ed.), Civil Society in the Middle East, vol. 1, 4., 5., 8. ve 9. Bölümler, ss. 120-147, 148-185, 243-268 ve 269-293. Maha Abdelrahman, Civil Society Exposed: The Politics of NGOs in Egypt (London: I. B. Tauris, 2004), 4. Bölüm, ss. 76-119. Deniz Sullivan and Sana Abed-Kotob, Islam in Contemporary Egypt: Civil Society vs. the State (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1999), 1., 2. ve 6. Bölümler, ss. 1-17, 19-39 ve 121-138. Sheri Berman, ?Islamism, Revolution, and Civil Society,? Perspectives in Politics 1, no. 2 (June 2003), ss. 257-272. Vickie Langohr, ?Too Much Civil Society, Too Little Politics: Egypt,? Comparative Politics 36, no. 2 (2004), ss. 181-204. Maha Abdel Rahman, ?The Politics of `unCivil? Society in Egypt,? Review of African Political Economy 91 (2002), ss. 21-36. Samuel Tadros, ?The Coptic Winter,? National Review 63, no. 21 (November 14, 2011), ss. 25-26. Richard Antoun, ?Civil Society, Tribal Process, and Change in Jordan: An Anthropological View,? International Journal of Middle East Studies 32, no. 4 (November 2000), ss. 441-463. Basma bin Talal, Rethinking an NGO: Development, Donors, and Civil Society inJordan (London: I.B. Tauris, 2004), 2. Bölüm, ss. 41-93.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Discussion,Questions/Answers,Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Assignment
3
40
Project
1
60
Total(%)
100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
0
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
8
112
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
3
25
75
Project
1
80
80
Total Workload
309
Total Workload / 30
10,3
ECTS Credits of the Course
10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
