This course aims to introduce the students the main theoretical and historical approaches/debates in international politics by analyzing the major issues and related topics.
Learning Outcomes of the Course
1.To be able to think critically about international politics.
2.To recognize central concepts in world politics.
3.To examine the political, economic, and ideological factors that shape international politics.
4.To use conceptual tools to study patterns and issues in world politics.
5.To analyze substantive issues of relations among states in the contemporary world.
6.To evaluate international events by employing theoretical tools.
7.To interpret and comment on major world affairs.
8.To recognize the main reasons and implications of major issues in international politics.
Course Content
World politics, power relations, war and international
peace, international conflicts, globalization, international security, terrorism, international actors.
COURSE OUTLINE/SCHEDULE (Weekly)
Week
Topics
Preliminary Preparation
Methodology and Implementation
(theory, practice, assignment etc)
1
Introduction: From International Politics to Global Politics
Globalization and Global Politics (Baylis, Smith & Owens) 2-31
Lecture
2
Theories in International Politics
Theories of World Politics (Kegley & Blanton) : 29-61
Lecture / Case Study
3
Level of Analysıs in International Politics
The State and Its Role in the
International System (Duncan, Jancar
-Webster, Switky) : 47-90
Lecture / Case Study
4
New Actors in International Politics
Transnational Actors: A Challenge to States’ Power (Kaarbo & Lee Ray) 116-139
Lecture / Case Study
5
Power
Power and Policy (Kaarbo & Lee Ray) 95-115
Lecture / Case Study
6
Security
International and Global Security (Baylis, Smith & Owens) 2-31
Lecture / Case Study
Movie Session
7
War and Peace
War, Peace and Violence (Papp) 435-458
Lecture / Case Study
8
Mid-Term Exam
Mid-Term Exam
Mid-Term Exam
9
Ethnic Conflict and International Terrorism
Ethnic Conflict and International Terrorism (Kaarbo & Lee Ray) 215-255
Lecture and Presentation
10
The Use of Force
Nuclear Proliferation (Baylis and
Smith) 384-297
Lecture and Presentation
11
Population
Why in peoples’ movement restricted? (Edkins & Zehfuss) 170-189
Lecture and Presentation
12
Environment
What happens if we don’t think in human terms (Edkins & Zehfuss) 44-67
Lecture and Presentation
13
Human Rights
Human Rights (Baylis, Smith & Owens) 496-508
Lecture and Presentation
14
Case Studies and the General Overview
What can we do to change the world? (Edkins & Zehfuss) 483-499
Lecture and Presentation
Final Exam
Final Exam
Final Exam
Required Course Material (s) /Reading(s)/Text Book (s)
* John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World Politics (Oxford University Press)
* W. Raymond Duncan; Barbara Jancar-Webster & Bob Switky, World Politics in the 21st Century (Longman)
* Jenny Edkins & Maja Zehfuss, Global Politics: A New Introduction (Routledge)
Recommended Course Material (s)/Reading(s)/Other
Kenneth Oye, "The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics," in Art and Jervis, International Politics, pp. 69-82.
Robert O. Keohane, “International Institutions, ” in Art and Jervis, International Politics, pp. 119-126.
Michael W. Doyle, "Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs," in Art and Jervis, International Politics, pp.83-95.
Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy Is What States Make of It," in Art and Jervis, International Politics, pp. 61-68.
Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations?" in Art and Jervis, International Politics, pp. 395-410.
Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001).
ASSESSMENT
Semester Activities/ Studies
NUMBER
WEIGHT in %
Mid- Term
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Assignment and Presentation
1
15
Final Exam
1
45
TOTAL
-
100
ECTS /STUDENT WORKLOAD
ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
UNIT
HOUR
TOTAL (WORKLOAD)
Course Teaching Hour (14 weeks* total course hours)
14
Week
3
42
Preliminary Preparation and finalizing of course notes, further self- study
14
Week
3
42
Assignment (s)
1
Number
10
10
Presentation/ Seminars
1
Number
5
5
Quiz and Preparation for the Quiz
5
Number
1
5
Mid- Term(s)
1
Number
20
20
Final Examination
1
Number
30
30
Total Workload
154
Total Workload/ 25
6,16
ECTS
6
ETHICAL RULES WITH REGARD TO THE COURSE (IF AVAILABLE)
All students enrolled to the course are required:
To come to the class with a good preparation.
To prepare and present assignments on time
To participate class discussions actively
ASSESSMENT and EVALUATION METHODS:
Assessment methodology is explained in the “assessment” section of this syllabus.
CONTENT AND STYLE GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
All enrolled students of the course will choose a subject/topic for analysis.
Check the content of this course (from the syllabus) and state your opinion on “which issues of this course (such as power, security, environment, human rights…) best matches with your assigned issue/topic”? Why?
Explain your assignment issue/topic briefly.
Analyze and explain the importance and impact of this issue in terms of the international politics?
Analyze the actors that have been involved in and explain their impact or how they were influenced.
Find an opinion-column from a newspaper about your assignment issue and explain/summarize it briefly (maximum one page of the total assignment). Please print and attach also the column to the end of your assignment paper.
Assignment format:
Min. 10 pages (including the cover page and the bibliography)
Use references and attach a bibliography
Page Setup: A4
Line Spacing: 1,5
Paper Margins: 2,5 (on each side)
Fonts: Time New Roman (12)
Assignments should be submitted latest by the mid-term exam date. Any late submission will not be tolerated.
Bring your assignment to the mid-term exam and also send to gokay.ozerim@yasar.edu.tr . Please be careful about the deadlines and the assignment format. Any late submission will not be tolerated and the assignment will not be evaluated in case of a late submission.
Present your report in the classroom.
Assessment Grid for the Assignments.
Quality of the paper (including related literature, updated information, content design)
% 60
Presentation
% 15
Assignment format
% 25
Final Grades will be determined according to the Yaşar University Associate Degree, Bachelor Degree and Graduate Degree Education and Examination Regulation.
