To understand the strugles, changes and transformations in the field of democracy and human rights from past to present
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
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Learning Outcomes:
1
To understand the stages the concept of democracy has been through since the Ancient Greek.;
2
To understand the rule of democracy as a political regime;
3
To understand characteristics and principles of democracy as a political regime;
4
To Become able to compare democracy with the other regimes;
5
To understand the emergence and development of the concept of human rights in the history of world ;
6
To understand the strugle for human rights from past to present;
7
To learn universal decrees and institutions related to democracy;
8
To learn universal decrees and institutions related to human rights;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
1
The objective of the course and related concepts
2
Concept and rule of democracy since the Ancient Greek
3
History of democracy and democratic movements in the world
4
Basic terms and formats of democray
5
Political parties, elections and election systems in democracies
6
Contemporary western democracies
7
Development of parliament and parliamentary democracy
8
History of parliamentary democracy in England and its way of working today
9
Parliamentary democracy in the USA
10
History of parliamentary democracy in France and its way of working today
11
A short history of parliamentary democracy in Turkey
12
The concept of human rights and its historical development
13
İnternational bills of human rights
14
The issue of human rights and basic freedom today
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
Ali Öztekin, Siyaset Bilimine Giriş, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara 2000. İsmail Doğan, Vatandaşlık, Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları, Pegem, Ankara 2002. David Beetham, Demokrasi ve insan Hakları, çev. Bilal Canatan, Liberte Yayınları, İstanbul 2014. Andrew Clapham, İnsan Hakları, çev. Hakan Gür, Dostkitabevi, Ankara 2010.
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
20
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
2
20
Final Exam
1
60
Total
4
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
10
5
50
Homeworks, Performances
2
10
20
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
10
10
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
28
28
Total WorkLoad
150
Total workload/ 30 hr
5
ECTS Credit of the Course
5
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
