TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Sixth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Nazlı Şenses Özcan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Have knowledge about political systems of various countries. 2) Discuss current political debates and issues. 3) Enhance the capability to use comparative methods in political science.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	Yes(PSIR327)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is the continuation of Comparative Politics I. It will follow the conceptual framework developed in the previous course and will focus on country studies as one of the significant methods in the field. Throughout the course, various countries with mixed or authoritarian regimes, and their political, economic, and social structures will be analyzed. The countries are selected on the basis of their different political systems, levels of democracy and their roles and positions within the state system. The historical backgrounds, state institutions, political economy, and political culture will be under scrutiny. At the end of the course the students will be endowed with the capacity to evaluate and compare and contrast between democratic and mixed or authoritarian regimes . Besides, they will be capable of tracing the changes, developments and their repercussions at the global level. **OYS password: 3362024**
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week A general introduction and course logistics 2nd Week A revision of the previous term* (recalling the knowledge of SİBU327) Kesselman, Krieger Joseph, chapter 1* Lijphart (Patterns of Democracy), chapters 1,2,3* 3rd Week Democracies (Karl, Terry and Phillippe Schmitter (1991), `What Democracy Is ... and Is Not?, in Journal of Democracy 2(3): 75? 88.) (Lijphart, A. (1990) ?Southern European examples of democratization: Six lessons for Latin America?, Government and Opposition, 25:1, 68-84.) 4th Week Democracies (Karl, Terry and Phillippe Schmitter (1991), `What Democracy Is ... and Is Not?, in Journal of Democracy 2(3): 75? 88.) (Lijphart, A. (1990) ?Southern European examples of democratization: Six lessons for Latin America?, Government and Opposition, 25:1, 68-84.) 5th Week Non-Democracies (Mixed Regimes and Authoritarian Regimes) (Cheibub, Jose, Jennifer Gandhi, James Vreeland. (2010). `Democracy and Dictatorship Revisited?. Public Choice, 143 (1-2): 67-101.) (Levitsky, Steven and Lucan Way (2002), `Elections Without Democracy: The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism?, in Journal of Democracy, 13(2):51-65) (Bermeo, N. (2016) ?On Democratic Backsliding?, Journal of Democracy 21(1): 5-19.) 6th Week Non-Democracies (Mixed Regimes and Authoritarian Regimes) (Cheibub, Jose, Jennifer Gandhi, James Vreeland. (2010). `Democracy and Dictatorship Revisited?. Public Choice, 143 (1-2): 67-101.) (Levitsky, Steven and Lucan Way (2002), `Elections Without Democracy: The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism?, in Journal of Democracy, 13(2):51-65) (Bermeo, N. (2016) ?On Democratic Backsliding?, Journal of Democracy 21(1): 5-19.) 7th Week Midterm Exam 8th Week Populism and Authoritarianism (Mudde, C. (2021). Populism in Europe: an illiberal democratic response to undemocratic liberalism (The Government and Opposition/Leonard Schapiro Lecture 2019). Government and Opposition, 56(4), 577-597.) (Mudde, C. (2004). The populist zeitgeist. Government and opposition, 39(4), 541-563.) 9th Week Brazil (Kesselman, Krieger Joseph, chapter 9) 10th Week South Africa (Kesselman, Krieger Joseph, chapter 11) 11th Week Russia (Kesselman, Krieger Joseph, chapter 13) 12th Week Iran (Kesselman, Krieger Joseph, chapter 14) 13th Week China (Kesselman, Krieger Joseph, chapter 15) 14th Week A general conclusion and wrap up
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Course books - Kesselman, Mark; Krieger, Joel; Joseph, William A. 2019 (8th Edition). Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas. Boston: Cengage Learning - Lijphart, Arend. 1999. Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries. New Haven: Yale University Press (3 chapters) * There are also journal articles as required reading. Their references are available under the relevant week.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Assignment 1 15 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,25 1,25 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 19 19 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 17 17 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,25 1,25 Homework Total Workload 122,5 Total Workload / 30 4,08 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No