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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 413 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 413 Course Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERDAR ÖZTÜRK (serdarozturk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To study correlation between economy policies as well as socioeconomic structures and politization, political processes.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can evaluate economics and politics altogether in a correlation. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-4 Gain ability to adaptate oneself to technologic innovations and use the maximum level of information technologies in order to make managerial decision-making and implementation process more efficient in terms of time and resources;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-2 can explain the basic concepts of political economy, theories and methodology. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-3 can explain the interaction between states and markets and between power and wealth at domestic and international contexts. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-4 can use abstract concepts with their concrete contents. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
History of capitalism and its relation with politics, political dimensions of Turkey's economy history within framework of classical, neo-classical and neoliberal economics theories; Marxism and historical sociology researches.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Scope, subjects, sources, method and requirements of the course. Lecture.
2 What is capitalism? How to study relationship between capitalism and politics? Lecture.
3 Classical theories and capitalism 1. Lecture.
4 Classical theories and capitalism 2. Lecture.
5 Karl Marx ve capitalism 1. Lecture.
6 Karl Marx ve capitalism 2. Lecture.
7 A short history of capitalism untill 20th century. Lecture.
8 mid-term exam
9 The Great Depression and political crisis. Lecture.
10 Keynesian theory and social wellfare state. Lecture.
11 Economic crisis of 1974 and theories of economics. Lecture.
12 Economic and politics in Turkey: 1930's and 1950's. Lecture.
13 Economic and politics in Turkey: from 1970's to 1990's. Lecture.
14 Economic and politics in Turkey: 2000's. Lecture.
15 General overview and Discussion. Lecture.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Eğilmez, Mahfi ve Kumcu Ercan (2004), Ekonomi Politikası: Teori ve Türkiye Uygulaması, Remzi, İstanbul
2 Saad-Filho, Alfredo (2006), Marx'ın Değeri: Çağdaş Kapitalizm İçin Ekonomi Politik, (çev.) Ertan Günçiner, Yordam, İstanbul
3 Arrighi, Giovanni (2000), Uzun Yirminci Yüzyıl: Para, Güç ve Çağımızın Kökenleri, (çev.) Recep Boztemur, İmge, Ankara
4 Wallerstein, Immanuel (2011), Dünya Sistemleri Analizi, (çev.) Ender Abadoğlu ve Nuri Ersoy, BGST, İstanbul
5 Fülberth, Georg (2011), Kapitalizmin Kısa Tarihi, (çev.) Sadık Usta, Yordam, İstanbul
6 Huberman, Leo (2003), Feodal Toplumdan Yirminci Yüzyıla, (çev.) Murat Belge, İletişim, İstanbul
7 Hunt, E.K. (2005), İktisadi Düşünce Tarihi, (çev.) Müfit Günay, Dost, Ankara
8 Boratav, Korkut (2011), Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1908-2009, İmge, Ankara
Required Course instruments and materials
Specified books.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 7 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 14 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 121