| Ders Adı | Kodu | Yarıyıl | T+U Saat | Kredi | AKTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polıtıcal Geography | ULI 357 | 5 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Ön Koşul Dersleri | |
| Önerilen Seçmeli Dersler | |
| Dersin Dili | Türkçe |
| Dersin Seviyesi | Lisans |
| Dersin Türü | Seçmeli |
| Dersin Koordinatörü | Doç.Dr. SİBEL AKGÜN |
| Dersi Verenler | Doç.Dr. SİBEL AKGÜN, |
| Dersin Yardımcıları | |
| Dersin Kategorisi | Diğer |
| Dersin Amacı | The course seeks to define the concept of geopolitics, and examine the major theories on and approaches to geopolitics. It also examines the geopolitical position of Turkey from past to today, through a consideration of the importance of Turkey´s new geopolitical position. In this context, it scrutinizes alternative foreign policy strategies available before Turkey in this new geopolitical reality. |
| Dersin İçeriği | The course will first start with a theoretical examination of the concept of political geography and the characteristics of geopolitics. Second, the current developments in the international system and foreign policies of several countries will be analyzed from a geopolitical perspective. In conducting the course, students will be encouraged to do extensive research and the method of instruction will be based on interactive participation of students in class dicussions. |
| # | Ders Öğrenme Çıktıları | Öğretim Yöntemleri | Ölçme Yöntemleri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To raise students´ awareness to the role of geography on foreign policies of countries. | Lecture, | Testing, |
| 2 | To provide students with conceptual tools that they can use to evaluate current issues in international relations which they encounter in other core courses. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 3 | To hone students´ ability to explain international issues from the perspective of geopolitical theories. | Lecture, Discussion, Group Study, | Oral Exam, |
| 4 | To facilitate students´ understanding of basic conflict points in the international system and the importance of political geography at analyzing conflicts. | Lecture, | Testing, |
| 5 | To develop students´ ability to approach current issues from a theoretical perspective. | Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice, Group Study, | Testing, Homework, |
| 6 | To improve students´ comprehension of the effect of political geography on various issue areas in international relations. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 7 | To improve students´ ability to follow current literature and analyze international events. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Homework, |
| Hafta | Ders Konuları | Ön Hazırlık |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Basic Concepts: Power, Map, Border, Territory etc. | |
| 3 | Historical Evolution of Political Geography | |
| 4 | Politics, Society and Space | |
| 5 | Nationalism, Geography, Space and Indentity Politics | |
| 6 | State, Gobalization and Political Space | |
| 7 | Classical Geopolitics and Imperialism | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | |
| 9 | Cold War Geopolitics | |
| 10 | Critical Geopolitics 1: Critique and New Geography | |
| 11 | Critical Geopolitics 2: Practice, Popular and Formal Geopolitics | |
| 12 | Media, Propaganda and Geopolitical Imaginations | |
| 13 | Movies | |
| 14 | Conclusion and Assessment |
| Kaynaklar | |
|---|---|
| Ders Notu | Yves Lacoste, Coğrafya Savaşmak İçindir, Ankara: Doruk, 2004 Edward Sait, Şarkiyatçlık, Metis Yayınları, 2012 Alexandra Defay, Jeopolitik, Dost Yayinlari, 2006 Gary Guttin, Foucault, Dost Yayınları, 2010 Kevin R. Cox, Murray Low and Jennifer Robinson, ?Introduction: Political Geography: Traditions and Turns? Kevin R. Cox, Murray Low and Jennifer Robinson (ed), The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography içinde, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. 2007, ss. 1-15 Guntam Herb, ?Politics of Political Geography?, Cox, Low and Robinson (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography içinde, ss. 21-40. Richart Peet, İktidarın Coğrafyası: Küresel Ekonomi Politik Nasıl Yaratıldı, Özgür Üniversite Kitaplığı, 2011, ss/13-45. Özgür Adadağ, ?Haritanın Gör(me) Dediği?, Ali Vahit Turhan at all, Tarabya Çalışmaları içinde, İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Nihat Sayar Eğitim Vakfı Yayınları, 2009. Joe Painter and Alex Jeffrey, Political Geography, SAGE, 2009, ss/4-19 Gary Guttin, Foucault, Dost Yayınları, 2010 Sezgi Durgun, Memalik-i Şahane?den Vatana, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2011, ss/49-60 Dijking, Gertjan. Natiional Indentity and Geopolitical Vision: Maps of Pride and Pain, Routledge, 1996, ss. 17-36. Yilmaz Tezkan-M.Murat Tasar, Dunden Bugune Jeopilitik, Ulke Kitaplari, 2002, ss/ 23-140 Michael Heffernan, ?Fin De Siécle, Fin Du Monde? On the Origins of European Geopolitics, 1890-1920, Klous Dodds and David Atkinson (edit), Geopolitical Traditions: A Century of Political Thought, London and New York, Routledge, 2000. Gearoid O Tuathail, ?Imperial Geopolitics: Introduciton to Part One?, (edit) Gearoid O Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Rautledge, The Geopolitical Reader, Routledge, Seccond Edition, 2006, s. 19. Jason Dittmer, Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity (Human Geography in the New Millennium). Dodds, Klaus. Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2007, s/83-145 ?Valley of the Wolves--Iraq: Anti-geopolitics Alla Turca,?? Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, Vol. 2, No. 1, (2009), pp. 2-18. |
| Ders Kaynakları | |
| Sıra | Program Çıktıları | Katkı Düzeyi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To research the functions, basic concepts and features of the international system; to learn the basic knowledge about the sub-topics of the international relations discipline. | X | |||||
| 1 | To research the functions, basic concepts and features of the international system; to learn the basic knowledge about the sub-topics of the international relations discipline. | X | |||||
| 2 | Analyzing the developments in the political history of the world within the context of the cause-effect relations. | X | |||||
| 2 | Analyzing the developments in the political history of the world within the context of the cause-effect relations. | X | |||||
| 3 | To improve the foreign language skills. | X | |||||
| 3 | To improve the foreign language skills. | X | |||||
| 4 | To analyze the Turkey´s foreign policy comprehensively in the cause-effect relations. | X | |||||
| 5 | To analyze the theoretical approaches to the foreign policy analysis and the functions of the decision-making process. | X | |||||
| 6 | To learn theoretical and methodological thinking and to observe the events from this framework | X | |||||
| 6 | To learn theoretical and methodological thinking and to observe the events from this framework | X | |||||
| 7 | To analyze the social developments and conditions comparatively | X | |||||
| 7 | To analyze the social developments and conditions comparatively | X | |||||
| 8 | To learn the basic principles and the issues of international law | X | |||||
| 8 | To learn the basic principles and the issues of international law | X | |||||
| 9 | To examine the theories of International Relations and to learn looking at international developments within the theoretical framework | X | |||||
| 10 | To analyze the Turkey´s political life historically and chronologically | X | |||||
| 10 | To analyze the Turkey´s political life historically and chronologically | X | |||||
| 11 | To learn the functions and the basic principles of domestic law | X | |||||
| 11 | To learn the functions and the basic principles of domestic law | X | |||||
| 12 | To analyze the establishment, structure and functions of international and regional organizations and their impact on the World politics | ||||||
| 12 | To analyze the establishment, structure and functions of international and regional organizations and their impact on the World politics | X | |||||
| 13 | To analyze the reasons and solution models of the intra-state conflicts through examples | X | |||||
| 13 | To analyze the reasons and solution models of the intra-state conflicts through examples | X | |||||
| 14 | To research the issues of international security and the theoretical approaches relating to this field | ||||||
| 15 | To examine the events, occurring in the international system, within the theoretical perspective comparatively | ||||||
| 16 | To improve the analytical thinking skills about the international events | ||||||
| 17 | To learn the basic concepts and theories of Economics, Sociology, Political Science and other disciplines | ||||||
| 18 | To research the ideas of philosophers/thinkers who built the philosophical foundations of political science and to examine the contribution of these philosophical ideas to the disciplines of Political Science and International Relations | ||||||
| 19 | To gain basic computer skills | ||||||
| 20 | To gain the ability of planning, performing and composing of the scientific study individually | ||||||
| Değerlendirme Sistemi | |
|---|---|
| Yarıyıl Çalışmaları | Katkı Oranı |
| 1. Ara Sınav | 60 |
| 1. Kısa Sınav | 10 |
| 1. Ödev | 20 |
| 2. Kısa Sınav | 10 |
| Toplam | 100 |
| 1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 50 |
| 1. Final | 50 |
| Toplam | 100 |
| AKTS - İş Yükü Etkinlik | Sayı | Süre (Saat) | Toplam İş Yükü (Saat) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final examination | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Toplam İş Yükü | 115 | ||
| Toplam İş Yükü / 25 (Saat) | 4,6 | ||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi | 5 | ||