PSC380.3 Turkish-Greek Relations

Course seeks to provide an account of Turkish-Greek relations. Begins by looking at the experience of cohabitation under Ottoman rule and the rise of Greek and Turkish nationalisms. Traces the evolution of relations from the Ataturk/Venizelos period through the Cold War up until the 1990s. Also examines the impact of domestic developments in each country on bilateral relations, the minority question, Cypress, the Aegean, and the role of the EU. (POL 3513/2513)

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of the foreign relations of the EU. Significant theoretical concepts such as “soft power”, “hard power”, conditionality, internationalization, regionalism, Europeanization, interdependence will be introduced. In addition, the lectures will draw attention to the complex nature of external relations of the European Union due to historical differences between member states’ foreign policies, colonial legacies of some, size and geographical location of the recent members. The lecture will then focus on the indirect mechanisms of EU external action due to this multifaceted complexity. (EUR 4331)

This course serves as an introduction to International Relations theory. While it aims to expand your appreciation and understanding of the theories developed to explain basic nature of the discipline, the course’s objectives includes also the development of oral, written and research skills of the students. (POL 4410)

This course aims to familiarize students with the factors that explain political behavior. The course is composed of three parts: the first part elaborates on the cultural approach to the formation of political interests and identities which shape political behavior; the second one will focus on the different existing theories in political science to explain voting behavior; the last part concentrates on the most significant political institutional determinants of voting behavior – party and electoral systems. (POLS 4532)

Political sociology is concerned with, above all, power relations in the social, political, and economic spheres. As such, we deal with different centers of power, both within the national unit and transnationally. This course introduces you to state structures, class structures and global structures. We will cover concepts such as power, representation, association, social capital, citizenship, collective action and issues such as state development, democratization, ‘old’ and ‘new’ social movements, and global networks. Equally crucial to this course is the understanding of interactions between the society and polity. (POL 3482)

In this course the evolution of the European integration process after the 2nd World War will be focused on. Firstly the reasons of the establishment of the European communities (European Coal and Steel Community, European Economic Community, EURATOM) will be discussed. The ups and downs of the European integration process will be analysed, such as establishment of the Customs Union, the Empty Chair Crisis and the Luxembourg Compromise. The reasons of the slowing down of the integration process in the 1970s and increasing dynamism in the 1980s especially with the Single European Act (SEA) will be explored. The establishment process of the single market and single currency (Euro) will be evaluated. The effects of the end of the Cold War on Europe and the transformation of European Community (EC) to the European Union (EU) will be analysed. The enlargement process of the EU towards the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and its institutional and political impacts on the EU will be discussed. Lastly the reforms in the institutions of the EU, decision-making mechanisms and external relations of the EU which were introduced by the Lisbon Treaty will be analysed. (EUS 3331/EUR 2331)

Parties, party systems, and electoral politics have been studied extensively by political scientists, especially by those specializing in the field of comparative politics. The wide scholarly attention given to parties is due to the fact that they exist in most regions of the world and in both democratic and authoritarian systems. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a good understanding of the origins and development of parties and party systems, their roles in different types of political systems, the internal life of party organizations, the reasons for the success or failure of parties in electoral politics, and the causes of change and continuity in party systems. (POL 2024)

This course is a comprehensive survey of the foreign policies of the Turkish state with a historical background of the Ottoman Empire. The basic principles and priorities of the Turkish Foreign Policy, Turkey’s geo-political and geo-strategic characteristics in the international politics; the influential actors within the Turkish diplomatic history; the basic structure of the Turkish Foreign Policy decision-making; and Turkey’s search for an active foreign policy in the post-Cold War period are among the topics of the course. (POLS 3413)

The aim of this course is to probe the relationship between religion and politics with a view to understand the impact of modernization and industrialization on the relationship. The course is composed of three parts. Part I introduces the major analytical approaches in the sociology of religion. Part II examines manifestations of the resurgence of religion in politics in different regions of the world. Part III, finally, focuses on Islam and politics, including the case of Turkey. (POLS 4321)

The aim of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the historical background, structure, actors, ideology and dynamics of Turkish politics. The course is composed of three parts. Part I reviews Ottoman-Turkish political history from early attempts at modernization at the end of 18th century until the elections of June 2011. Part II introduces the major analytical approaches to the study of Turkish politics, and Part III focuses on issues and problems related with consolidation of democracy in Turkey. For Syracuse IR majors, this course counts as a region course (Europe) or as an IR elective. (POL 3351)