ADM.437 Western European Politics

FALL 2002-2003

Prof. Dr. Raşit Kaya

Course Hours and Place: Thursday 13:40-15:30, Room: F19

Office Hours: Monday 13:30-15:30

Course Description: The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with the important substantive issues in the political life of Contemporary Western Europe on a country-by-country basis.

Course Conduct: Students will be initiated to the area of study in the first three weeks of the semester by lectures and class discussions. The class will proceed with in-class presentations of students in the following weeks. Depending on the class size and/or chosen topics the number of students in a study group may change.

Course requirements and evaluation:

Attendance and participation: (%15 of total)

Class presentation of the chosen topic: (%20)

Term-paper: (%40)

Final Examination: (%25)

No-exhaustive topic examples:

Fourth French Republic; Fifth French Republic Until Mitterand; From Mitterand to Today; Francoist Spain; Transition to Democracy in Spain; Spain Today; Thatcherist Britain; Tony Blair and the Return of the Labour; Political Forces in Western Europe (Communist Parties, Social Democratic and Socialist Parties, Greens, Parties of the liberal and/or Conservative Right, etc.)

Prileminary Readings:

1. Allum, Percy (1995), State and Society in Western Europe, pp.1-52.

2. Rhodes, M. et. al. (1997), Developments in West European Politics, pp.1-54.

1. 3 Ekim: IV. French Republic.

2. 10 Ekim: V. Republic: (1) From De Gaulle to Mitterand (1955-1980)

(2) From Mitterand to Today (1980- )

3. 17 Ekim: Francoist Spain

4. 24 Ekim: Spain After Franco

5. 31 Ekim: Britain Under Thatcher

6. 7 Kasım: Britain After Thatcher

7. 14 Kasım: Recent Italian Politics

8. 21 Kasım: Irish Question

9. 28 Kasım: Trade Unions and Politics

10. 12 Aralık: Green Politics

11. 19 Aralık: Communist Parties

12. 26 Aralık: Rise of the Extreme Right Movements