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POLS 602

Seminar in Comparative Politics

Comparative politics is the craft of asking why political life looks so different across countries and figuring out how to answer that rigorously without drowning in case-specific detail, and this graduate seminar trains you in both the substantive debates (institutions, regimes, nationalism, contention) and the methodological choices that make comparison defensible. Expect a heavy reading load anchored in journal articles, two short essays, recurring oral presentations, and a research paper where you design and execute your own comparative question. It's a foundation course for the PhD track: the conceptual vocabulary and case-selection logic you build here underwrite almost every empirical project you'll pursue afterward.

Kredi3ECTS5FakülteFaculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social SciencesBölümPolitical Science and Public AdministrationKoordinatörMeral Uğur Çınar

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 114–20 Eyl
Karşılaştırmalı siyasette yeni yönelimler
Weeks 1 & 2 : Comparing and Comparisons: New Directions in Comparative Politics Schmitter, P. (2016), “Comparative Politics: its Past, Present and Future”, Chinese Political Science Review, (1) (3) 397-411. Schmitter, P. (2009), “The Nature and Future of Comparative Politics”, European Political Science Review, 1 (1), 33-61. Munck, G.L. and Snyder, R. (2007) “Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 5-31. Mahoney, J., (2007) “Debating the State of Comparative Politics”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 32-38. Wibbels, E., “No Method to the Comparative Politics Madness”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 39-44. Munck, G. L.; Snyder, R., (2007) “Visions of Comparative Politics,” Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 45-47. Lijphart, A(1971), “Comparative politics and the comparative method”, American Political Science Review, 682-693.
comparative politicscomparative methodLijphart 1971karşılaştırma
Hafta 221–27 Eyl
Karşılaştırmalı siyasette yeni yönelimler
Weeks 1 & 2: Comparing and Comparisons: New Directions in Comparative Politics Schmitter, P. (2016), “Comparative Politics: its Past, Present and Future”, Chinese Political Science Review, (1) (3) 397-411. Schmitter, P. (2009), “The Nature and Future of Comparative Politics”, European Political Science Review, 1 (1), 33-61. Munck, G.L. and Snyder, R. (2007) “Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 5-31. Mahoney, J., (2007) “Debating the State of Comparative Politics”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 32-38. Wibbels, E., “No Method to the Comparative Politics Madness”, Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 39-44. Munck, G. L.; Snyder, R., (2007) “Visions of Comparative Politics,” Comparative Political Studies, 40 (1), 45-47. Lijphart, A(1971), “Comparative politics and the comparative method”, American Political Science Review, 682-693.
comparative politicscomparative methodLijphart 1971karşılaştırma
Hafta 328 Eyl – 4 Eki
Case study ile karşılaştırmalı düşünmek
Week 3:Thinking Comparatively through Case Studies Seawright, J. and Gerring, J. (2008) “Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu ofQualitative and Quantitative Options”, Political Research Quarterly, 61 (2), 294-308. Mahoney, J. and Goertz, (2007) “A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research”,Political Analysis, 227-49. Lees, C. (2006) “We are All Comparativists Now: Why and How Single-Country Scholarship Must Adapt andIncorporate the Comparative Politics Approach”, Comparative Political Studies, 39, 1084-1106. Hall, P. (2003) “Aligning Ontology and Methodology in Comparative Politics” in J. Mahoney and D.Rueschemeyer (eds.) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge UniversityPress, 373-404. Pierson, P. (2003) “Big, Slow-Moving…Invisible: Macrosocial Processes in the Study of Comparative Politics”in J. Mahoney and D. Rueschemeyer (eds.) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, New York, N.Y.:Cambridge University Press, 177-207. Rueschemeyer, D. (2003) “Can One or a Few Cases Yield Theoretical Gains?” in J. Mahoney and D.Rueschemeyer (eds.) Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge UniversityPress, 305-36.
case selection techniquesqualitative ve quantitative researchcomparative politicscomparative historical analysis
Hafta 45–11 Eki
Kuram geliştirme: yeni institutionalism yaklaşımları
Week 4: Theory Development Schmidt, Vivien A. (2010) “Taking Ideas and Discourse Seriously: Explaining Change through Discursive Institutionalism as the Fourth ‘New Institutionalism’.” European Political Science Review, 2 (1):1-25. Pierson, P. (2000) “Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics”, American Political Science Review, (94) (2) 251-267. Thelen, K. (1999) “Historical Institutionalism in Comparative Politics”, Annual Review of Political Science, (2) 369-404. Hall, P. and Taylor, R. (1996) “Political science and the three new institutionalisms”, Political Studies, (44) 936-957.
discursive institutionalismpath dependencehistorical institutionalismnew institutionalism
Hafta 512–18 Eki
Kuram geliştirme devamı: rationality, culture, structure
Week 5: Theory Development Cont. Lichbach, M. and Zuckerman, A. (2009) “Paradigms and Pragmatism: Comparative Politics During the PastDecade” in M.I. Lichbach and A.S. Zuckerman (eds.) Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure, NewYork: Cambridge University Press, 1-17. Zuckerman, A. (2009) “Advancing Explanations in Comparative Politics: Social Mechanisms, EndogenousProcesses, and Emprical Rigor” in M.I. Lichbach and A.S. Zuckerman (eds.) Comparative Politics: Rationality,Culture, and Structure, New York: Cambridge University Press, 72-95. Katznelson, I. (2009) “Strong Theory, Complex History: Structure and Configuration in Comparative PoliticsRevisited” in M.I. Lichbach and A.S. Zuckerman (eds.) Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure,New York: Cambridge University Press, 96-116. Levi, M. (2009) “Reconsiderations of Rational Choice in Comparative and Historical Analysis” in M.I.Lichbach and A.S. Zuckerman (eds.) Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure, New York: CambridgeUniversity Press, 117-133. Ross, M.H. (2009) “Culture in Comparative Political Analysis” in M.I. Lichbach and A.S. Zuckerman (eds.)Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure, New York: Cambridge University Press, 134-161.
rational choiceculturestructurecomparative politics
Hafta 619–25 Eki
Karşılaştırmalı tarihsel perspektifte devlet
Week 6:States in Comparative Historical Perspective Mann, M. (1997) “Has Globalization Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State?’,Review of International Political Economy, 4(3), 472-96. Spruyt, H. (1994) The Sovereign State and its Competitors, Chps 2, 9. Tilly, C. (1985) “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime” in P. Evans, D. Rueshemeyerand T.Skocpol (eds.) Bringing the State Back In, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 169-91. Held, D. (1983) “Introduction: Central Perspectives on the Modern State”, in D.Held (ed.) States and Societies, New York University Press: New York, 1-55. Skocpol, T. (1979) States and Social Revolutions, Chp 1.
nation-statesovereign statewar making ve state makingglobalization
Hafta 726 Eki – 1 Kas
Kalkınmanın political economy'sinde devlet
Week 7: States in Political Economy of Development (Submission of Research Ideas) Acemoglu, D. and Robinson, J.A. (2012) “Why Nations Fail?”, London, Profile Books, Chps.2,3. Schwarz, R. and Miguel de Corral. (2011) “States Do Not Just Fail and Collapse: Rethinking States in the Middle East,” Democracy and Security, (7) (3), 209-226. Chibber, V. (2002) “Bureaucratic Rationality and the Developmental State”, American Journal of Sociology, (107) (4), 951-989. Leftwich, A. (1995) - "Bringing Politics Back In: Towards a Model of the Developmental State", TheJournal of Development Studies, 31(3), 400-427. Wade, R. (1992) “East Asia's Economic Success: Conflicting Perspectives, Partial Insights, Shaky Evidence”, World Politics, 44 (2), 270-320. Evans, P. (1989) “Predatory, Developmental, and Other Apparatuses: A Comparative Political EconomyPerspective on the Third World State” Sociological Forum. 4(4): 561-587.
developmental stateWhy Nations Fail Bölüm 2-3state failurearaştırma fikri teslimi
Hafta 82–8 Kas
Ekonomik kalkınma ve demokrasi ilişkisi
Week 8: Economic Development and Democracy Jones, Benjamin F., and Benjamin A. Olken. (2005) “Do leaders matter? National leadership and growth since World War II.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 120(3), 835- 864. Haggard, S., and Kaufman, R. (1997). “The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions,” Comparative Politics, (29) (3), 263-83. Przeworski, A. and Limongi, F. (1997) “Modernization: Facts and theories” World Politics, (49) (2), 155-183. Available at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/world_politics/v049/49.2przeworski.html Rueschemeyer, D. Stephens, J. and Stephens, (1992), E.H. Capitalist Development and Democracy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Chps. 1 and 2. Seymour M. L., (1959) "Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy," American Political Science Review, (53), 69-105.
modernization theorydemokratik geçişliderlerin büyümeye etkisiCapitalist Development and Democracy Bölüm 1-2
Hafta 99–15 Kas
Demokratik geçiş ve konsolidasyon
Week 9: Democratic Transitions and Consolidation in Comparative Perspective (Submission of research paper proposal) Coppedge, M., Gerring, J. et al, (2011) “Conceptualizing and Measuring democracy: A New Approach”, Perspectives on Politics, (9)(2), 247-267. Gerardo L. Munck (2007), “Arend Lijphart: Political Institutions, Divided Societies, and Consociational Democracy,” in Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder, eds., Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 234-72. Mair, P. (2005) “Popular Democracy and the European Union Polity”, European Governance Papers No. C-05-03 Foweraker, J. and Landman, T. (2002) ‘Constitutional Design and Democratic Performance’, Democratization,(9)(2), 43-66. Diamond, L. (1999) Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,Chapter 1. Collier, D. and Levitsky, S. (1997) “Democracy with adjectives: Conceptual innovation in comparative politics”, World Politics (49), 430-451. (Available at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/world_politics/v049/49.3collier.html)
demokrasiyi ölçmeconsociational democracydemocracy with adjectivesaraştırma önerisi teslimi
Hafta 1016–22 Kas
Devlet-toplum ilişkilerinden social capital'e
Week 10: From Studying State-Society Relations to Civil Society and Social Capital Vu, Tuong. (2010) “Studying the State through State Formation,” World Politics, (62) (1): 148-75. Boix, C., and Posner, D. (1998)"Social Capital: Explaining its Origins and Effects on Government Performance." British Journal of Political Science (28), 686-693. Evans, P. (1996). “Government Action, Social Capital and Development: Reviewing the Evidence on Synergy” in World Development, (24) (6), 1119-1132. Migdal, J.S. (1994) “The state in society: An Approach to struggles for domination” in J. Migdal,, A. Kohli,and V. Shue (eds) Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World. Cambridge, UK; NewYork, NY: Cambridge University Press. Skocpol, T., (1985) “Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research” in. P. Evans, D. Rueshemeyer and T. Skocpol (eds.) Bringing the State Back In, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3-37.
state formationcivil societysocial capitalstate in society
Hafta 1123–29 Kas
Milliyetçilik, ulus ve devlet kuramları
Week 11: Nationalism, Nations, and States *Breuilly J. (2016) "Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities: a symposium", Nations and Nationalism, (22) (4) 625-659. (Recommended Reading) *Hall J. A. (2016) “An Intellectual Journey Anthony D. Smith”, Nations and Nationalism, (22)(1) 6-19. (Recommended Reading) Smith, A. D. (2000) The Nation in History, Historiographic Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism, Cambridge: Polity Press. Hall, J. (1993) “Nationalisms Classified and Explained” Daedalus. (122), 1-28. Anderson, B. (1991) Imagined Communities, London, New York: Verso, Chps 1-3. Hobsbawm, E. (1990) Nations and Nationalism Since 1780, Cambridge University Press, Introduction and Chp 1 Gellner, E. (1983) Nations and Nationalism, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, Chps 1,4,5, and 10
nationalismImagined CommunitiesGellnerHobsbawm
Hafta 1230 Kas – 6 Ara
Yurttaşlık ve göç ilişkisi
Week 12: Citizenship and Migration Joppke, C. (1999), ‘How Immigration is Changing Citizenship: A Comparative View’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22(4), 629-652. Favell, A. (1997) ‘Citizenship and immigration: Pathologies of a Progressive Philosophy’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 23(2): 173-195. Soysal, YN (2012) 'Citizenship, immigration, and the European social project: Rights and obligations of individuality.' British Journal of Sociology, 63 (1): 1 - 21. Ager, A. & Strang, A. (2008) ‘Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 21(2), pp.170
citizenshipimmigrationintegrationSoysal
Hafta 137–13 Ara
Comparative Politics semineri ve workshop
Seminar in Comparative Politics Workshop
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Hafta 1414–20 Ara
Araştırma makalesi teslimi
Research Paper Submission
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