Citizenship and Participation Projects (SP494) | GSÜ

Content

Objective

The course aims primarily to deepen students' knowledge of citizen participation in political and administrative life. Based on the idea that democracy depends on citizen participation, the course initiates students to reflect on the citizens’ rights and responsibilities.

Course Content

After studying the conceptual and legal framework of political and administrative participation, students will be asked to develop a participation project. Students will then choose a field of intervention, i.e. a political or administrative action, against which they will be asked to build up a strategy to participate in decision making or implementation.

Course Learning Outcomes

Each student will be able to explore the legal, administrative and civil means of participation in politics.
Each student will be able to explore the legal, administrative and civil means of participation in administration.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The pedagogical approach of the course aims teaching the theoretical components of the discipline and the usage of this knowledge on the fieldwork.

References

Eroğul, Cem (1991) Devlet yönetimine Katılma Hakkı, Ankara : İmge kitabevi, (3. Bölüm : Katılma alanları, 131-163)
Delpérée, Francis (1986)(sous la direction de) La participation directe du citoyen à la vie politique et administrative Bruxelles: Bruylant.

Adams, Brian (2004) Public Meetings and the Democratic Process Public Administration Review • January/February 2004, Vol. 64, No. 1.
Ataöv, A. (2007) Democracy to become reality: Participatory planning through action research, Habitat International, 4/2.
Blakeley, Georgina & Evans, Brendan Who Participates, How and Why in Urban Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New ‘City’ of East Manchester Social Policy & Administration Vol. 43, No 1, 15-32.
Callahan, Kathe (2007): Citizen Participation: Models and Methods,International Journal of Public Administration, 30:11, 1179-1196
Cornwall, Andrea and Gaventa, John (2001) Bridging the gap: citizenship, participation and accountability, PLA Notes 40, 32-35.
d’Albergo, Ernesto & Moini, Guilio - Political consequences of participative practices in an urban context : two case studies in Rome, Metropoles, n2, http://metropoles.revues.org/
Docherty, Iain et. al. (2001) Civic Culture, Community and Citizen Participation in Contrasting Neighbourhoods Urban Studies, Vol. 38, No. 12, 2225–2250.
Flint, John (2002) Return of the Governors: Citizenship and the New Governance of Neighbourhood Disorder in the UK, Citizenship Studies, Vol. 6, No. 3, 245-264.
Irvin, Renée A., Stansbury, John (2004) Citizen Participation in Decision Making:Is It Worth the Effort? Public Administration Review, January/February 2004, Vol. 64, No. 1, 55-65.
Lowndes, V. et al. (2006) Local Political Participation: The mpact of Rules-in-Use, Public Administration, Vol. 84, No. 3, 539–561.
Niculescu, Cristina (2003) The Changing Status of Protest Participation, Romanian Journal of Political Science, 122-147.
Purcell, Mark (2006) Urban Democracy and the Local Trap, Urban Studies, Vol. 43, No. 11, 1921–1941.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	Introduction
2	Citizenship, rights and responsibilities
3	Participation, approaches, examples
4	Participation and citizenship (debate on a participation project), building up a strategy for a participation project.
5	Evaluation, objectives and new strategies
6	Presentation and debate
7	First assessment of the project(s)
8	Presentation and debate
9	Presentation and debate
10	Presentation and debate
11	Presentation and debate
12	Evaluation
13	Project presentation
14	Project presentation

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	2	60
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	1	40
Total	3	100

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	2	40
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	0	0
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	10	20
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	0
Total	12	60

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Understanding the major theories, concepts, foundations, and methodologies used in the study of politics.			X
2	Identifying the structure and operation of the political system in Turkey and other political systems in the world.			X
3	Identifying and gathering information from credible primary and secondary sources; analyzing and synthesizing the acquired knowledge.				X
4	Generating and testing empirically hypotheses about political processes, institutions, mechanisms and relationships.	X
5	Designing, conducting and interpreting the results of original research in accordance with the scientific and ethical principles by using basic research methods.	X
6	Showing awareness and sensivity towards issues related to democracy, human rights and social peace.					X
7	Appraising the sources of societal conflict and how they can be resolved by political means.			X
8	Examining critically the nature of change in the global political community, and the complex character of processes such as globalization.	X
9	Taking a role in a teamwork in political science and general fields of other related disciplines.		X
10	Following publications in foreign languages and communicating with the colleagues in the international environment by using French which is the language of education in Galatasaray University and English, the compulsory foreign language.			X
11	Using required level of information and communication technologies.		X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	14	3	42
Working Hours out of Class	12	4	48
Presentation	1	10	10
Final Examinations (including preparation)	1	10	10
Reports	2	5	10
Total Workload			120
Total Workload / 25			4.80
Credits ECTS			5