Economics and Finance(English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | IRL440 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Politics and Society in Eurasia | ||||||||
Course Semester: |
Spring |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | EN | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi HABİBE ÖZDAL | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi HABİBE ÖZDAL Dr.Öğr.Üyesi DERYA YURDAKUL |
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Course Objectives: | Bu ders, Sovyetler Birliği'nin çöküşünü ve sonuçlarını Sovyet Sonrası alana odaklanarak anlamak ve analiz etmek için bir çerçeve sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır.1991 yılından bu yana gerçekleşen yeni politikalar, geçişler ve dönüşümler ders boyunca incelenecektir. Rusya ve eski Sovyet alanındaki stratejik, politik, ekonomik, etnik, küresel ve bölgesel değişiklikler ele alınacaktır. Ayrıca, klanların, ağların ve yeni bağımsız devletlerdeki yolsuzluğun etkisi de araştırılacaktır. Rusya'nın bölgesel politikaları, özellikle enerji ve entegrasyon politikaları ile uluslararası aktörlerin (NATO ve AB gibi) Avrasya'ya yönelik politikaları incelenecektir. |
Course Content: | Mapping Eurasia; From Communism to Western Democracy: Global Balances from the Cold War to European Union; Hard and Soft Security Issues; Civil Society in Eurasia. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Identifying Main Issues in Eurasian Politics | None |
2) | Dissolution of the Soviet Union | *Stephen F. Cohen, “Was the Soviet System Reformable?”, Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2004, pp. 459-488 *Astrid S. Tuminez, “Nationalism, Ethnic Pressures, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union”, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 81-136 |
3) | Political Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States | Brown, 2001, ss. 17-96 |
4) | Economic Transformation Process of the Russian Federation and the Newly Independent States | * Anders Aslund, “Why Has Russia’s Economic Transformation Been So Arduous?”, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, 1999. * Sergei Guriev & Andrei Rachinsky, “The Role of Oligarchs in Russian Capitalism,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2005, pp. 131-150 |
5) | Economic and Political Developments in Russia During Putin Terms | * Angela E. Stent, “Restoration and Revolution in Putin’s Foreign Policy”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.63, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1089-1106 * Natalia Morozova, “Geopolitics, Eurasianism and Russian Foreign Policy under Putin”, Geopolitics, Vol. 14, No. 4, 2009, pp.667-686 * Andrei Tsygankov, “Vladimir Putin’s Vision of Russia as a Normal Great Power”, Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2005, pp. 132-158 |
6) | Dynamics of the Color Revolutions in Post-Soviet Space | * David Lane, “‘Colored Revolution’ as a Political Phenomenon,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 25, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 113-135. * Donnacha Ó Beacháin, “Roses and Tulips: Dynamics of Regime Change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2-3, 2009, pp. 199-226. * Paul D’Anieri, “What Has Changed in Ukrainian Politics?: Assessing the Implications of the Orange Revolution”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 52, No. 5, 2005, pp. 82-91 |
7) | Midterm Exam | None |
8) | Politics, Conflicts, and ‘Frozen’ Conflicts in Eurasia | * Stephen Blank, “Russia and Black Sea’s Frozen Conflicts in Strategic Perspective”, Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 23-54 * Stefan Wolf, “A Resolvable Frozen Conflict? Designing a Settlement for Transnistria”, Nationality Papers, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2001, pp. 863-870 * William H. Hill, “Reflections on Negotiation and Mediation: The Frozen Conflicts and European Security”, Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 18, No. 3, (Summer 2010, pp. 219-227 |
9) | Integration Policies of the International Actors Toward Post-Soviet Space | * Mark Kramer, “Russian Foreign Policy Toward the Commonwealth of Independent States: Recent Trends and Future Prospects”, Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2008, pp. 3-19 * Marcin Lapczynski, “The European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Chances and Perspectives”, Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009, pp. 143-155 * George Christou, “European Union Security Logics to the East: The European Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership”, European Security, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2010, pp. 413-430 |
10) | The Evolution of the Russia-NATO Relations Since 1991 | * Dmitry Polikanov, “NATO-Russia Relations: Present and Future”, Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2004, pp. 479-497 * Oksana Antonenko & Bastian Giegerich, “Rebooting NATO-Russia Relations”, Survival, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2009, pp. 13-21 |
11) | Russia-EU Relations in the Context of Eurasia | * Hiski Haukkala, “From Cooperative to Contested Europe? The Conflict in Ukraine as a Culmination of a Long-Term Crisis in EU–Russia Relations”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2015, pp. 25-40 * Fyodor Lukyanov, “Russia–EU: The Partnership That Went Astray”, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.60, No. 6, 2008, pp. 1107-1119 |
12) | Energy Politics in the Eurasia: Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool | * F. Stephen Larrabee, “Russia, Ukraine, and Central Europe: The Return of Geopolitics”, Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2010, pp. 33-52 * Dmitri Trenin, “The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry”, Carnegie Moscow Center, 2014. * David A. Deese, “Energy: Economics, Politics, and Security”, International Security, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 140-153 * Bertil Nygren, “Putin’s Use of Natural Gas to Reintegrate the CIS Region,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 55, July/August 2008, pp. 3-15 |
13) | Turkey-Russia Relations after the Cold War | * Şener Aktürk, Turkis-Russian relations after the Cold War (1992-2002), Turkish Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2006, pp. 337-364 * Ziya Öniş and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Turkey and Russia in a Shifting Global Order: Co-operation, Conflict and Asymmetric Interdependence in a Turbulent Region”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2016, pp. 71-95 |
14) | Overall Assessment of Eurasian Politics | None |
15) | Final Exam | None |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Archie Brown, ed., Contemporary Russian Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001 |
References: | Yok-None |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||
1) Explain the advances in the area of economics and finance within the framework of scientific methodology, theories and models. | ||||||||
2) Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. | ||||||||
3) Explain the evolution of financial markets and institutions in a historical context and define how they operate. | ||||||||
4) Recognise the basic principles and regulations in the financial sector. | ||||||||
5) Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. | ||||||||
6) Recognise, interpret and discuss the current economic issues both at the national and global levels. | ||||||||
7) Have the English proficiency in following and interpreting the developments in the areas of economics and finance and in conducting written and oral communication. | ||||||||
8) Express the role of international capital markets in the global economy; accordingly define the concept of risk in terms of measurement and management. | ||||||||
9) Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. |
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Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Explain the advances in the area of economics and finance within the framework of scientific methodology, theories and models. | |
2) | Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. | |
3) | Explain the evolution of financial markets and institutions in a historical context and define how they operate. | |
4) | Recognise the basic principles and regulations in the financial sector. | |
5) | Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. | |
6) | Recognise, interpret and discuss the current economic issues both at the national and global levels. | |
7) | Have the English proficiency in following and interpreting the developments in the areas of economics and finance and in conducting written and oral communication. | |
8) | Express the role of international capital markets in the global economy; accordingly define the concept of risk in terms of measurement and management. | |
9) | Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. |
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Lesson | |
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Q&A / Discussion |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 15 | 45 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 42 |
Midterms | 14 | 42 |
Final | 14 | 42 |
Total Workload | 171 |