The Middle East Technical University

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Academic Year 2006-2007 Fall Semester

Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar Akçalı (Section 01)

Room Number: FEAS Building A, 301

Office Hours: Mondays, 13.30-15.30

ADM 121 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

Course Requirements:

First midterm exam (25%)

Second midterm exam (35%)

Final exam (40%)

COURSE OUTLINE

1.Sudying Politics

Readings:

1.”The Meaning and Scope of Politics,” in G. Ponton and P. Gill, Introduction to Politics, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988, pp.3-10.

2.“Politics, Power and Authority,” in A.R. Ball, Modern Politics and Government, London: Macmillan, 1993, pp.19-36.

2.Classical Liberalism

Reading:

”Classical Liberalism,” in P. Schumaker, D.C. Kiel, and T. Heilke, Grand Ideas, Grand Schemes: Political Ideologies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New York: McGraw Hill, 1996, pp. 43-78.

3.Traditional Conservatism

Reading:

“Traditional Conservatism,” in P. Schumaker, D.C. Kiel, and T. Heilke, Grand Ideas, Grand Schemes: Political Ideologies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New York: McGraw Hill, 1996, pp. 79-105.

4.Marxism

Reading:

“Marxism,” in P. Schumaker, D.C. Kiel, and T. Heilke, Grand Ideas, Grand Schemes: Political Ideologies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New York: McGraw Hill, 1996, pp. 136-171.

5.Fascism and Nazism

Reading:

“Fascism and Nazism,” in P. Schumaker, D.C. Kiel, and T. Heilke, Grand Ideas, Grand Schemes: Political Ideologies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New York: McGraw Hill, 1996, pp. 204-234.