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Course Name	Turkish	Siyaset teorisi
	English	Political Theory
Course Code	ITB 227E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Barry Davıd Stocker
Course Objectives		The course will introduce students tp key text and connects in political theory. Students will learn about some of the key figures in political theory as a way of explaining what political theory is with reference to basic concepts like liberty, justice, political authority, state and commıunity
Course Description		Students will study texts in political theory since antiquity. The test are chosen cover the central themes of political theory such as the nature and origin of government, different types of government, power and consent, the nature of law, the relations between individual, society and state.
Course Outcomes		Students will acquire the capacity to write short pieces and complete essays about the central topics in political theory. They will learn how to present and discuss these ideas in class. Students will learn about the variety of theories of politics, their historical development, and what is important now in political theory.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		None
Other		Course website for additional information and news https://barrystockerac.wordpress.com
Textbook		Students are required to obtain the following classics of Political Theory: Aristotle, The Politics Machiavelli, The Prince Locke, Essay on Civil Government Rousseau, Discourse on the Origins of Inequality
Other References		The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, edited by John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig and Anne Philips. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006 The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought,edited by David Miller ; advisory editors, Janet Coleman, William Connolly, Alan Ryan. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991 Political Philosophy, Dudley Knowles. London: Routledge, 2001 Political Philosophy: A Historical Introduction, Michael J. White. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012

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