POL 053 - Ortadoğu Siyaseti

İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi · Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (İngilizce) · Lisans

AKTS: 5 T+U+L: 3+0+0 Bölüm Seçmeli
Koordinatör: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mohamed Mahmoud Mokhtar Habıb MOUSSA

Dersin Amacı

Her öğrencinin tartışmaları çözmede ve fikirlerini eleştirel ve mantıklı bir sırayla sözlü olarak sunma konusundaki güvenini artırmak; Anahtar bir teori veya teorilerin birleşimini tanımlamak ve desteklemek için akademik yazma becerilerini uygulamak; Küresel bağlamda İslam ve siyaset ile ilgili ana akımları anlama; Müslüman siyaset çalışmasına farklı yaklaşımlar hakkında eleştirel bir farkındalık ve literatüre aşinalık kazanmak.

Ders İçeriği

Bu modül, Arap ülkeleri, Türkiye, İran ve İsrail'i kapsayan Orta Doğu bölgesindeki siyaset ve hükümetlerin modern gelişimini inceleyecektir.

Zorunlu Kaynaklar

  • Milton-Edwards, Beverley. Contemporary politics in the Middle East. John Wiley & Sons, 2018.

 

    Önerilen Kaynaklar

    Suggested Books:

    • Halliday, Fred. The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics, and Ideology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
    • Owen, Roger. State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East. London: Routledge 2007. 

    Açıklamalar

    Vize ve final sınavı iki saatlik yazılı sınav olacaktır. Adayların dörtlü listeden seçilen iki soruyu yanıtlamaları gerekecektir.

    Kurallar

    Devam ve katılım gereklidir. Her dersin başında bir yoklama kaydı alınacaktır. İki gecikme, bir devamsızlık olarak sayılacaktır. Dizüstü bilgisayarlar yalnızca ders notları almak için kullanılabilir. Ders başlamadan önce tüm cep telefonları tamamen kapatılmalıdır. Öğrenciler haftalık okuma ödevini tartışmak için sınıfa hazırlıklı gelmelidir.

    Dersin Öğrenme Çıktıları

    1. Öğrencilerin Orta Doğu'yu öğrenmenin ve anlamanın farklı yollarını daha iyi anlamalarını sağlamak için
    2. Öğrencileri farklı ülke vakalarını iyi bir deneysel kavrayış ve bunları karşılaştırma yeteneği ile donatma
    3. Her öğrencinin argümanları inceleme ve fikirleri sözlü olarak eleştirel ve mantıklı bir sırayla sunma konusundaki güvenini artırmak

    Temel Alan Dağılımı

    (22) Beşeri Bilimler%100

    Öğretim Yöntem ve Teknikleri

    AnlatımSoru-CevapTartışmaAlıştırma ve UygulamaGösterimBireysel ÇalışmaProje Temelli Öğrenme (Saha çalışması dâhil)

    Ölçme ve Değerlendirme

    ÖdevPerformans Görevi (Uygulama / Laboratuvar / Atölye / Arazi Çalışması / Seminer / Sunum / Bitirme Çalışması / Tez)PortfolyoSınav (Yazılı Sınav / Test: Doğru-Yanlış Testi, Çoktan Seçmeli Testi, Kısa Cevaplı Test, Eşleştirmeli Test)Sözlü Sınav

    AKTS / İş Yükü

    EtkinlikSayıSüre (saat)Toplam İş Yükü
    Ders Süresi (Sınav Haftası Dahil)14342
    Sınıf Dışı Ders Çalışma Süresi14342
    Ara Sınav133
    Kısa Sınav313
    Ödev11333
    Uygulama111
    Final133

    Ders Akışı

    HaftaKonuÖn Hazırlık
    1Ders kitapcigi tanitimiCourse introductions, syllabus review
    2Orta Doğu'nun sınırları• “Introduction” in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards Presentation topic: Why is it difficult to determine the boundaries of the Middle East?
    3Sömürgeci Miras• Chapter 1 ‘Colonial Rule: Shaping the Destiny of a Region” in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards • Chapter 2: ‘The Growth of State Power in the Arab world: The single-party regimes,’ and Chapter 3, ‘The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative’ by : Owen, R. State, Power, and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, London: Routledge, 2004, Presentation topic: In what ways did resistance to colonialism shape politics in the Middle East? Discuss with reference to TWO examples. Presentation topic: What were the characteristics of colonial rule and how did they impact state formation in the Middle East? Explain using at least TWO example states, including a monarchy and a republic.
    4Orta Doğu'da Devlet Gücünün Büyümesi• Chapter 1 ‘Colonial Rule: Shaping the Destiny of a Region” in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards • Chapter 2: ‘The Growth of State Power in the Arab world: The single-party regimes,’ and Chapter 3, ‘The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative’ by : Owen, R. State, Power, and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, London: Routledge, 2004, Presentation topic: In what ways did resistance to colonialism shape politics in the Middle East? Discuss with reference to TWO examples. Presentation topic: What were the characteristics of colonial rule and how did they impact state formation in the Middle East? Explain using at least TWO example states, including a monarchy and a republic. Presentation topic: Is the nation-state inhospitable to minorities in the region?
    5MilliyetcilikChapter 2 “Nationalism: the quest for Identity and Power” in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards Presentation topic: What is Arab nationalism and to what extent has it succeeded or failed?
    6Din ve Siyaset• Chapter 5 “Past, Present and Future Politics: Islam” in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards Presentation topic: What is the role of religion in Middle East politics? Explain using at least TWO example states. Presentation topic: Does the Israeli-Palestinian conflict constitute a territorial or ideological dispute in the regional politics?
    7Dış Müdahale: Orta Doğu'da ABD ve Avrupa• Chapter 9 “Them and Us: the United States, EU and Russia in the Middle East in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards • Monshipouri, Mahmod, “The Paradoxes of U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” Middle East Policy, v 9 n 3, September 2002, pp. 65-84. • “West told to cease meddling in Muslim world” by Tony Hotland and Muhammad Nafik http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08/01/west-told-cease-meddling-muslim-world.html • “Why is the legacy of confrontation so strong?” by Rami G. Khouri http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=21062&lan=en&sid=0&sp=1&isNew=0 • “The Muslim World and the West: the roots of conflict” by Ismael Hussein Zadeh http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_3_27/ai_n15795979/print Presentation topic: Has Western involvement in Middle East politics been a source of stability or instability? Discuss with reference to at least TWO levels of analysis. Presentation topic: Did the Middle East win or lose in the Cold War? Presentation topic: Is the principal conflict of the Middle East an Arab-Israeli, or a Palestinian-Israeli, conflict?
    8Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli ConflictMilton-Edwards, B and Hinchcliffe, P, chapter 1, ‘The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Ways of War,’ and chapter 2, ‘The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Hostages to History,’ in Conflicts in the Middle East Since 1945, 3rd Edition. Routledge, 2008: 8-35 . Simona Sharoni and Mohammed Abu-Nimer, ‘The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,’ Chapter 6 in Deborah J. Gerner and Jillian Schwedler, eds., Understanding the Contemporary Middle East , Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2004: 169-210. Hajjar, Lisa and Beinin, Joel, ‘Israel-Palestine: A Primer,’ Middle East Report Online. Avi Shlaim, “The Debate about 1948,” International Journal of Middle East Studies 27, 1995.
    9MIDTERM’s Week (11-18 November)MIDTERM’s Week (11-18 November)
    10Women and the Region•
    11Orta Doğu'da "Teröre Karşı Savaş" ve 2003 Irak Savaşi• Wiktorowics, Quintan, and Kaltner, John, “Killing in the Name of Islam: al-Qaida‟s justification for September 11”, Middle East Policy, v. 10, i. 2, 2003, pp.76-92. • Karmon, Ely, “Al-Qa‟ida and the War on Terror: after the war in Iraq”, MERIA, v. 10, n. 1, 2006. • Cole, D. and Lobel, J. ‘Why We’re Losing the War on Terror’. Transcript: http://faculty.rcc.edu/sellick/ColeLobel.pdf Presentation topic: In what ways has the war on terror shaped Middle East regional and international politics? Presentation topic: Is civil war or inter-state war more likely in the ME?
    12Democratization in the Middle East• Chapter 9 “The Ephemerals of Democracy in the Middle East in the Middle East in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards • Sadowski, Yahya. ‘The New Orientalism and the Democracy Debate,’ Middle East Report (1993): 14-40. • Wiktorowicz, Quintan. "The limits of democracy in the Middle East: the case of Jordan." The Middle East Journal (1999): 606-620. • Volpi, F. (2004). Pseudo‐democracy in the Muslim world. Third World Quarterly, 25(6), 1061-1078. • Somer, M. (2011). “Does it take democrats to democratize? Lessons from Islamic and secular elite values in Turkey.” Comparative Political Studies, 44(5), 511-545. • Hashemi, N. (2011). ‘The Arab Revolution of 2011: Reflections on Religion and Politics’. Insight Turkey, 13(2), 15-21. • Danahar, Paul. The New Middle East: The World After the Arab Spring. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. Chapters 1 and 3. Presentation topic: Are Middle East states really democratizing, or is authoritarianism merely being liberalized? Discuss with both Arab and non-Arab case examples. Presentation topic: Is there an argument for the exceptionalism of the Middle East when it comes to democracy? Presentation topic: What does Tunisia, post-Arab Spring, tell us about democracy promotion?
    13Democratization in the Middle East• Chapter 9 “The Ephemerals of Democracy in the Middle East in the Middle East in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards • Sadowski, Yahya. ‘The New Orientalism and the Democracy Debate,’ Middle East Report (1993): 14-40. • Wiktorowicz, Quintan. "The limits of democracy in the Middle East: the case of Jordan." The Middle East Journal (1999): 606-620. • Volpi, F. (2004). Pseudo‐democracy in the Muslim world. Third World Quarterly, 25(6), 1061-1078. • Somer, M. (2011). “Does it take democrats to democratize? Lessons from Islamic and secular elite values in Turkey.” Comparative Political Studies, 44(5), 511-545. • Hashemi, N. (2011). ‘The Arab Revolution of 2011: Reflections on Religion and Politics’. Insight Turkey, 13(2), 15-21. • Danahar, Paul. The New Middle East: The World After the Arab Spring. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. Chapters 1 and 3. Presentation topic: Are Middle East states really democratizing, or is authoritarianism merely being liberalized? Discuss with both Arab and non-Arab case examples. Presentation topic: Is there an argument for the exceptionalism of the Middle East when it comes to democracy? Presentation topic: What does Tunisia, post-Arab Spring, tell us about democracy promotion?
    14The Arab Spring and the New Era of Certainty• Chapter 8 ‘The Arab Spring and the New Era of Certainty” in Contemporary Politics of the Middle East by Beverly Milton-Edwards Presentation topic: What broader transformations might globalization bring to the landscapes of Muslim politics as macro forces—primarily economic ones—play out in the context of specific localities and societies? Are these trends that favor the growth and consolidation of Islamism in their present forms? Presentation topic: Will Islamists be able to reinvent themselves as problem-solvers and purveyors of effective governance? Discuss.
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