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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Political Parties and Public Opinion PSIR 437 Spring 03+00+00 Elective 3 6
Academic Unit: Political Science and Public Administration
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: To enable political science students to understand how politics and interest groups relations in the public sphere can crucially affect and change the nature and the inclination of civil society. -To improve the ability of students taking this class in understanding that politics involves interest group interactions and coalition building for interests -To clearly build up an understanding of the path, or the process by which the concepts of interest groups, public opinion, and methods of doing politics have happened to be very diversified issues and areas of interest for both political and state figures in both global and national level. -To analyze the political debates and controversies between the advocates of different interests and their group perspectives regarding the most suitable interest accumulation.
Course Contents: Typologies and functions of political parties electoral systems political participation. Concept of depoliticization. Political regimes and political participation structure of political power government-opposition relations. Analysis of the relationship between politics and interest competition types of interest groups examples of interest groups from the experiences of other countries lobbying activities lobbying types (religious and ethnical interest groups, etc.). Economic face of politics class structures relations of interest groups with politics.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Students who complete this course: will be able to demonstrate the value of political study in the evaluation of interest accumulation and policy making.
  • 2- will be able to evaluate the major strengths and weaknesses of interest group dynamics and their involvement in party politics.
  • 3- will be able to understand the important distinctions between different types of interest groups within the civil society and public sphere.
  • 4- will be able to differentiate the economic sectors and their weighted influence in political decision making
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Lecture and reading before class


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction
2 Political Parties and Party Systems
3 Representation of Interests
4 Interest Groups
5 Lobbying Activities I
6 Lobbying Activities II
7 Public Opinion
8 Organization of Political Parties
9 Relationship between Interest Groups
10 Interest Accumulations
11 Dynamics of Policy Making I
12 Dynamics of Policy Making II
13 Involvement of Interest Groups in Politics
14 Review


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Hershey (1993) "Citizens` Groups and Political Parties in the United States" Washington, DC: CQ Press.


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

R. Kenneth Godwin, Scott Ainsworth, Erik K. Godwin Lobbying and Policymaking: The Public Pursuit of Private Interests, Taylor and Francis, 2007.


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 2 60
Final Exam 1 40
Total: 3 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours16348
Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.)14848
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes21530
Final Exam12424
Total Workload (hour):150


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9
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LO4