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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / KMY522 - KAMU YÖNETİMİ (TEZLİ YÜKSEK LİSANS)

Code: KMY522 Course Title: POLITICS OF VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 8
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department KAMU YÖNETİMİ (TEZLİ YÜKSEK LİSANS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer LEYLA KAHRAMAN (lkahraman@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To provide an analytical understanding of the effect and role of the element of violence in the formation of individual-group identity and the construction of the political system through the relationship between the concepts of political violence and terrorism.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Explain the conceptual information about the concepts and components of political violence and terrorism. PO-2 Gains the ability to carry and deepen the knowledge gained at undergraduate level in the fields of political science and management, urbanization, environmental problems and law.
PO-6 Critically evaluate the relations of state, democracy and civil society at national and local level in the field of political science and the problems in this field.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-2 Can gain a critical perspective on the dynamics of social structure in the context of changing conditions through the theoretical background of the concepts of political violence and terrorism. PO-2 Gains the ability to carry and deepen the knowledge gained at undergraduate level in the fields of political science and management, urbanization, environmental problems and law.
PO-4 Interprets the concepts and approaches learned in the field of political science and management at national and international level, makes and applies comparative and interdisciplinary analysis.
PO-6 Critically evaluate the relations of state, democracy and civil society at national and local level in the field of political science and the problems in this field.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-3 Can make sense of how the individual-organization-society relationship is built over micro-meso-macro levels. PO-3 Explain the interaction between political science, management science, urbanization and environmental problems and law disciplines.
PO-4 Interprets the concepts and approaches learned in the field of political science and management at national and international level, makes and applies comparative and interdisciplinary analysis.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-4 Will be able to analyze the psychological and sociological dynamics of the elements that cause the formation of terrorist organizations. PO-3 Explain the interaction between political science, management science, urbanization and environmental problems and law disciplines.
PO-4 Interprets the concepts and approaches learned in the field of political science and management at national and international level, makes and applies comparative and interdisciplinary analysis.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-5 Demonstrate the concrete effects and results of the concept of terrorism on political and social structures through practical examples. PO-4 Interprets the concepts and approaches learned in the field of political science and management at national and international level, makes and applies comparative and interdisciplinary analysis.
PO-5 It analyzes the principles and practices of participation, governance, teamwork, openness, ethical management, effectiveness and performance auditing in the field of public administration.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-6 Can systematically analyze the factors that cause political violence and terrorism, the dynamics and the relationship between them. PO-4 Interprets the concepts and approaches learned in the field of political science and management at national and international level, makes and applies comparative and interdisciplinary analysis.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-7 Explain the relational dimensions of violence-terrorism-radicalization processes. PO-6 Critically evaluate the relations of state, democracy and civil society at national and local level in the field of political science and the problems in this field.
PO-12 Understand the interaction of disciplines of Political Science and Public Administration to other complementary fields such as International Relations, Sociology, History and Economics.
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course, analyzing the concepts of political violence and terrorism and other conceptual elements that make up the components of these concepts, presenting a historiographical perspective on the evolution of the concept of terrorism to terrorism, examining the theories regarding the phenomenon of terrorism, how terrorist and organizational identity are constructed through the individual-group relationship, In this context, it is aimed to analyze the basic building blocks of terrorist psychology and terrorist organizations and to evaluate their effects on the political and social order.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Conceptual Framework (violence, terror, terrorism, radicalization etc.) Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
2 Conceptual Framework (violence, terror, terrorism, radicalization etc.) Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 History of Terrorism and Terrorism Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 History of Terrorism and Terrorism Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Collective Actions and Theories of Terrorism Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Collective Actions and Theories of Terrorism Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Individual-Group Relationship: Construction of Terrorist Identity Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Terrorist Psychology Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Ideology and Terrorist Organizations in the Construction of Organizational Identity Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Ideology and Terrorist Organizations in the Construction of Organizational Identity Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Socio-Political Conflict and Terrorism Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 Case Study/Application-Presentation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Case Study/Application-Presentation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 Case Study/Application-Presentation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 John Horgan (2014), The Psychology of Terrorism, Routledge,
2 Marc Sageman (2017). Turning to Political Violence: The Emergence of Terrorism, University of Pennsylvania Press
3 Mikkel Thorup (2010). An Intellectual History of Terrorism: War, Violence and the State, Routledge
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture Notes, Computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 30
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 8 1 10
5.Report 16 1 20
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 40

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 4 8 32
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 8 32
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 8 16
       e) Term paper/Project 2 8 16
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 7 21
mid-term exam 1 20 20
Own study for final exam 3 7 21
final exam 2 20 40
0
0
Total work load; 240