Political Science and International Relations ( English )

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Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
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Mode of Delivery Blended (face-to-face & Distance Learning)
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The goals of the course are to familiarize students with the world-systems theory for the study the interstate system and to give them a historical perspective on the formation of the contemporary world-economy.
Course Content This course introduces students to problems of inequality in wealth and welfare from a global, comparative and historical perspective. To be specific, it will focus on the emergence and development of the world-systems perspective on the global capitalist economy. It will also discuss topics such as nationalism, racism, social movements and labor movements from a world-systems perspective.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to the course
2Why study the world-system? Global Inequalities World Bank, 2013, Atlas of Global Development, selected pages.
3Theories of Global Inequality: Modernization W.W. Rostow, “The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto,” in From Modernization to Globalization, 2000, pp. 100-109.
4Theories of Global Inequality: Dependency Andre Gunder Frank, “The Development of Underdevelopment,” in From Modernization to Globalization, 2000, pp. 159-168.
5Theories of Global Inequality: World-Systems Perspective Immanuel Wallerstein, 1974. “The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 16:387-415.
6Capitalism according to World-Systems Perspective 1 Immanuel Wallerstein, Historical Capitalism, “The Commodification of Everything: Production of Capital”
7Capitalism according to World-Systems Perspective 2 Immanuel Wallerstein, Historical Capitalism, “The Commodification of Everything: Production of Capital” (cont’d).
8Capitalism according to World-Systems Perspective 3 Immanuel Wallerstein, Historical Capitalism, “The Politics of Accumulation: Struggle for Benefits”
9midterms
10Capitalism according to World-Systems Perspective 4 Immanuel Wallerstein, Historical Capitalism, “Truth as Opiate: Rationality and Rationalization”
11cont'd
12Social Movements in the Modern World-System Giovanni Arrighi, Terence Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein, 1989, Antisystemic Movements, Chapter 2, “Dilemmas of Antisystemic Movements”.
13Social Movements today Immanuel Wallerstein, 2014, “Antisystemic Movements, Yesterday and Today,” Keynote address delivered at the 38th Annual Political Economy of the World-System conference.
14Review

Resources

Immanuel Wallerstein. 1982. Historical Capitalism.

Arrighi, Hopkins and Wallerstein. 1984. Antisystemic Movements