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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
KAY 518	DEMOCRACY THEORIES	3 + 0	1st Semester	6

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	The aim of this course is to explain the classical resources of theory of democracy; to emphasize the relation of modern democracy with these resources and to share some theoretical solutions to the matters that derived from the modes of mechanisms of representative democracy.
Course Content	Democracy Thought in classical tradition, the roots of modern democracy, the birth of modern democracy, liberal democracy and its problems, critics to liberal democracy, theories for the solutions.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	List basic concepts related to theories of democracy.
2	Explain the classical tradition in theory of democracy.
3	Distinguish the matters of representative democracy.
4	Evaluate the theoretical critics to liberal democracy.
5	Comment the differences between Ancient democracy and modern democracy.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12
LO 001	3	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	3
LO 002	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4				2
LO 003		3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	2	3
LO 004	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4		4
LO 005	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sub Total	10	14	17	18	17	19	19	19	13	9	6	9
Contribution	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	2

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	12	5	60
Mid-terms	1	14	14
Final examination	1	40	40
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			156 6

COURSE DETAILS

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Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
KAY 518	DEMOCRACY THEORIES	3 + 0	1	Turkish	2012-2013 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. HÜSEYİN ALİYAR DEMİRCİ	ademirci@pau.edu.tr		İİBF A0330	%

Goals		The aim of this course is to explain the classical resources of theory of democracy; to emphasize the relation of modern democracy with these resources and to share some theoretical solutions to the matters that derived from the modes of mechanisms of representative democracy.
Content		Democracy Thought in classical tradition, the roots of modern democracy, the birth of modern democracy, liberal democracy and its problems, critics to liberal democracy, theories for the solutions.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction: Democracy- a conceptual evaluation
2	Premises of Modern Theory of Democracy I: Ancient Democracy
3	Premises of Modern Theory of Democracy II:
4	Premises of Modern Theory of Democracy III: Rousseau
5	Premises of Modern Theory of Democracy IV: Tocqueville and Mill
6	Re-birth of Democracy at the light of Classics
7	Liberalism and Liberal Democracy
8	MIDTERM
9	At 20th century Democracy Experience at the World and Democracy in Today’s World
10	Economical Theory of Democracy (Schumpeter, Downs)
11	The Models of Pluralist Democracy and Consensus Democracy
12	Contemporary Critic to Liberal Democracy I: Radical Democracy
13	Contemporary Critic to Liberal Democracy II: Deliberative democracy
14	Contemporary Critic to Liberal Democracy III: Democracy and Multiculturalism

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
Ağaoğulları, Mehmet Ali, Filiz Çulha Zabcı, Reyda Ergün (2005), Kral-Devletten Ulus-Devlete, Ankara, İmge Kitabevi.	Türkçe
Berger, Peter (1999), “Günümüz Dünyasında Demokrasi”, Sosyal ve Siyasal Teori , Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2. baskı, ss. 33-39	Türkçe
Dahl, Robert (2001), Demokrasi Üstüne (çev: Betül KAdıoğlu) Phoenix Yayınevi,	Türkçe
Erdoğan, Mustafa (2006), “Çeşitlilik, Çoğulculuk ve Rekabetçi Federalizm”, Aydınlanma, Modernlik ve Liberalizm, Ankara, Orion Kitabevi içinde ss.205-220	Türkçe
Heywood Andrew (1999), “Demokrasi”, Sosyal ve Siyasal Teori (ed: A. Yayla) , Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2. baskı, ss.67-84.	Türkçe

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Midterm Exam	50	Midterm Exam
Final Exam	50	Final Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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