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Civil Society: Theories, Practices and Contemporary Issues

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
IRD9093 Civil Society: Theories, Practices and Contemporary Issues 3/0/0 DE English 4
Course Goals
 The main aim of the course is to inform the students about the history, evolution and major trends in civil society in Turkey and in the world. 
Prerequisite(s) Civil Society: Theories, Practices and Contemporary Issues Departmental Elective IRD9093
Corequisite(s) IRD9093
Special Requisite(s) Writing and speaking skills in English.
Instructor(s) Lecturer Sabiha Şenyücel
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule TUESDAY/10.00-13.00, CATS Distance Learning System
Office Hour(s) SABİHA SENYUCEL, TUESDAY 13.00 sabihasenyucel@gmail.com / s.senyucel@iku.edu.tr CATS Chatroom
Teaching Methods and Techniques -Students are expected to make the readings in the course syllabus. 

Oral and written lecturing will be used. 

Students are highly encouraged to take part in class discussions. 

Each student will write two short papers during the academic term. 

Visual material will be used. 

 
Principle Sources

Electronic publications:

 

Lester, M. Salamon (1994) “The Rise of the Nonprofit Sector”, Foreign Affairs Vol 73, No 4.
E.J. Dionne (1997) Why Civil Society? Why Now?

Edwards, M. 2005. Civil society. The encyclopedia of informal education.

Kumar, Krishan (1993) “Civil Society: An Inquiry to the Usefulness of an Historical Term”

Fine, Robert (2007) “Civil society theory, enlightenment and critique” Democratization, 4:1.

Krishan Kumar (2007) “Global Civil Society”; European Journal of Sociology, Vol.48, no.3.

Masoud Kamali (2001) “Civil Society and Islam: A Sociological Perspective”European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie / Europäisches Archiv für Soziologie, Vol. 42, No. 3.

Şerif Mardin (1969)  Power, civil society, and culture in the Ottoman Empire. Comparative Studies in Society and History 11: 258–81.

Ömer Çaha, (1995) “Cumhuriyet Türkiye’sinin İlk Yıllarında Sivil Toplum,” Journal of Islamic Research, 8 (2), Spring.

 Metin Heper, Senem Yıldırım ( 2011) “Revisiting Civil Society in Turkey”. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. Vol 11.  No.1.

Thomaz Diez, Apostolos Agnantopoulos, and Alper Kaliber (2005) "Turkey, Europeanization and Civil Society: Introduction, South European Society and Politics, 10:1, 1-15 

 

Publications:

Michael W. Foley and Virginia A. Hodgkinson, (2009) “Civil Society Reader”; Tufts University Press.  Introduction 1-17 (reading material will be provided)

Neera Chandhoke (2002) "Limits of Global Civil Society" chapter in M. Glasşus, H. Anheier, and M. kaldor (EDS:), Global Civil Society 2002 (pp. 35-53) (reading material will be provided)

Web resources:

Mary Kaldor, “The Idea of Global Civil Society”;  A revised version of the Martin Wight memorial lecture, delivered on 31 October 2002 at the University of Sussex (reading material will be provided).

Neera Chandhoke (2005) “How Global is Global Civil Society ”Journal of World Systems Research, XI. https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/388/400

Burak Özçetin, Ulaş Tol, M.Ali Çalışkan, Mustafa Özer (2014) “Major Periods of Civil Society Development in Turkey”. Comparative Nonprofit Sector Working Paper No. 52.

Mustafa Özer, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Megan A. Haddock, and Lester M. Salamon. "Turkey’s Nonprofit Sector in Comparative Perspective." Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies, 2016. 

The Future of Civil Society Articles - International Council of Voluntary Associations MAy 2020 Publication (reading material will be provided) 
Other Sources -
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction and presentation of the course syllabus Lecturing
2. Week What is civil society? Why it matters? lecturing plus presentation
3. Week The History of Civil Society lecturing plus presentation
4. Week Theoretical Discussions in Civil Society I lecturing plus presentation
5. Week Theoretical Discussions in Civil Society II lecturing plus presentation
6. Week Global Civil Society Presentation plus visual material
7. Week Limits of Global Civil Society Presentation plus visual material
8. Week Midterm week Midterm week
9. Week Midterm week Midterm week
10. Week Alternative Approaches to Civil Society Presentation plus lecturing
11. Week Civil Society in Turkey I lecturing plus presentation
12. Week Civil Society in Turkey II lecturing plus presentation
13. Week Civil Society in Turkey III Presentation plus visual material
14. Week Civil Society Practices in Turkey presentation plus lecturing
15. Week Future of Civil Society Presentation plus visual material
16. Week Review and Conclusions lecturing
17. Week Final Exam Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 2 20
Attendance 1 20
Final Exam 1 60


Program Outcomes
PO-1To identify and use theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations.
PO-2To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3To acknowledge ethical and scientific responsibilities of data collection, evaluation and publication.
PO-4To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-5To use a second language at an intermediate level.
PO-6To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-7To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-8To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions.
PO-9To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-10To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present, and future through a scientific perspective.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1To recognize the notion of civil society, its history and evolution.
LO-2To discuss how a civil society organisation functions.
LO-3To analyze the latest trends in civil society.
LO-4To develop written and oral presentation skills.
LO-5To evaluate the civil society experiences in Turkey and abroad.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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