PSIR 436 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Political Science and International Relations

Course Name

Nationalism and Identity Politics

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
PSIR 436	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Dr. Serhun AL
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Nil DİKMENGİL

Course Objectives	The objective of this course is to introduce the basic concepts, theories and contemporary debates in the study of nationalism and politics of national identity.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; will be able to grasp the differences in key concepts such as ethnicity, race, nation and nationalism. will be able to understand the historical processes that led to the emergence of modern nations and nationalism; will be able to describe nationalism in different theoretical frameworks. will be able to explain the differences between ethnic and civic nations will be able to define the nation as “imagined community” and the ways in which national identities are constructed; will be able to reflect on the present and future of nationalism.
Course Description	Nationalism has been one of the most enduring forces in modern world politics. The debates surrounding nationalism have been impacting the politics of citizenship, identity, minorities and immigration. This course will discuss the main concepts, theories and approaches in the study of nationalism with references to historical and contemporary cases around the world.
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Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction
2	Key Concepts: Race, Ethnicity, Nation, Nationalism	Renan, Ernest. [1882]. “What is a Nation?” http://ucparis.fr/files/9313/6549/9943/What_is_a_Nation.pdf ; Chandra, Kanchan. 2006. "What is ethnic identity and does it matter?" Annual Review of Political Science 9: 397-424; Smith, Anthony D. 2010. Nationalism – Theory, Ideology, History. Cambridge: Polity, pp.5-24.
3	Major Theories of Nationalism: Primordial and Modernist Approaches-I	Spencer, Philip and Howard Wollman. 2002. Nationalism – A Critical Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp.26-56; Smith, Anthony D. 2010. Nationalism – Theory, Ideology, History. Cambridge: Polity, pp.47-65; Leoussi, A. 2016. "Nationalism." In: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
4	Major Theories of Nationalism: Primordial and Modernist Approaches-II	Spencer, Philip and Howard Wollman. 2002. Nationalism – A Critical Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp.26-56; Smith, Anthony D. 2010. Nationalism – Theory, Ideology, History. Cambridge: Polity, pp.47-65; Mylonas, Harris and Maya Tudor. 2021. “Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know.” Annual Review of Political Science, 24:1, 109-132.
5	Varieties of Nationalism: Civic vs. Ethnic Definitions	Spencer, Philip and Howard Wollman. 2002. Nationalism – A Critical Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp.94-104; Smith, Anthony D. 2010. Nationalism – Theory, Ideology, History. Cambridge: Polity, pp.39-46; Anderson, Benedict. May/June 2001. “Western Nationalism and Eastern Nationalism – Is There a Difference That Matters?” New Left Review No. 9, pp. 31-42, https://newleftreview.org/issues/II9/articles/benedict-anderson-western-nationalism-and-eastern-nationalism; Al, Serhun (2019) Patterns of Nationhood and Saving the State in Turkey, Routledge, Chapter 2.
6	Nation-Building and Citizenship	Spencer, Philip and Howard Wollman. 2002. Nationalism – A Critical Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp.105-120; Turner, Bryan S. 2006. “Citizenship, Nationalism and Nation-building”. In Gerard Delanty and Krishan Kumar (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Nations and Nationalism. London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 225–36; Rogers M. Smith (2001) Citizenship and the Politics of People-Building, Citizenship Studies, 5:1, 73
7	Midterm Exam
8	Nationalism, International Relations and State Politics	Posen, Barry. 1993. Nationalism, the Mass Army, and Military Power. International Security, 18(2), 80–124; Tilly, Charles. 1994. “States and Nationalism in Europe: 1492–1992”. Theory and Society 23 (1): 131–146; Levi-Faur, David. 1997. Economic Nationalism: From Friedrich List to Robert Reich. Review of International Studies 23: 359–70; Landau, Jacob M. 2000.
9	Nationalism and Violence: Ethnic Cleansing and Civil War	Brubaker, Rogers and Laitin, David. 1998. Ethnic and Nationalist Violence. Annual Review of Sociology, 24(1): 423-452; Bulutgil, Zeynep. 2015. “Social cleavages, wartime experience, and ethnic cleansing in Europe,” Journal of Peace Research, Volume: 52.5: 577-590; Wimmer, Andreas, Lars-Erik Cederman, and Brian Min. 2009. "Ethnic politics and armed conflict: A configurational analysis of a new global data set." American Sociological Review 74.2: 316-337.
10	Identity Politics and Minority Rights	Gutman, Amy. 2004. Identity in Democracy. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, pp. 1–37; Bishai, Linda S. 1998. Sovereignty and Minority Rights. Interrelations and Implications. Global Governance 4: 157–82; Kymlicka, W. ve Rubio Marín, R. (1999), ‘Liberalism and Minority Rights. An Interview.’ Ratio Juris, 12: 133-152.;
11	Nationalism, Populism and Immigration	De Cleen, B. (2017). Populism and nationalism. In C. Rovira Kaltwasser, P. Taggart, P. Ostiguy, & P. Ochoa Espejo (Eds.), Handbook of populism (pp. 342-362). Oxford: Oxford University Press; Cynthia Miller-Idriss (2019) The Global Dimensions of Populist Nationalism, The International Spectator, 54:2, 17-34; Shehaj, Albana, Adrian J Shin, and Ronald Inglehart. “Immigration and Right-Wing Populism: An Origin Story.” Party Politics 27, no. 2 (March 2021): 282–93.
12	Case Studies	Al, Serhun (2015) Elite Discourses, Nationalism and Moderation: A Dialectical Analysis of Turkish and Kurdish Nationalisms, Ethnopolitics, 14:1, 94-112; Al, Serhun (2015), An Anatomy of Nationhood and the Question of Assimilation: Debates on Turkishness Revisited, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 15: 83-101
13	Student Presentations
14	Student Presentations
15	Review of the semester
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Smith, Anthony D. 2010. Nationalism – Theory, Ideology, History. Cambridge: Polity

Spencer, Philip and Howard Wollman. 2002. Nationalism – A Critical Introduction. London: Sage Publications.

*All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources.

Suggested Readings/Materials

GELLNER, Ernest. 1983. Nations and Nationalism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

ANDERSON, Benedict. 1983. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Verso.

GIDDENS, Anthony. 1985. The Nation-state and Violence. Cambridge: Polity Press.

HOBSBAWM, Eric J. 1990. Nations and nationalism since 1780: programme, myth, reality. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Smith, Anthony D. 1991. National Identity. London: Penguin.

BRUBAKER, Rogers. 1992. Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany. Harvard University Press.

SOYSAL, Yasemin. 1994. Limits of Citizenship: Migrants and Postnational Membership in Europe. University of Chicago Press.

SMITH, Anthony D. 2003. Nationalism and Modernism. London and New York: Routledge.

WIMMER, Andreas. 2013. Waves of War: Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World. Cambridge University Press.

WIMMER, Andreas. 2018. Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart. Princeton University Press.

AL, Serhun. 2019. Patterns of Nationhood and Saving the State in Turkey: Ottomanism, Nationalism and Multiculturalism. Routledge.

JOPPKE, Christian. 2021. Neoliberal Nationalism: Immigration and the Rise of the Populist Right. Cambridge University Press.

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	15
Presentation / Jury	1	10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	35
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	35
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	4	56
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	4	4	16
Presentation / Jury	1	14	14
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	15	15
Final Exam	1	20	20
		Total	169

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the areas of Political Science and International Relations.	-	-	-	X	-
2	To be able to have the basic knowledge of, and make use of other disciplines which contribute to the areas of Political Science and International Relations.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to recognize regional and global issues, and develop solutions based on research.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of Political Science and International Relations critically.	-	-	X	-	-
6	To be able to transfer ideas and proposals on issues in the areas of Political Science and International Relations to other people and institutions verbally and in writing.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to identify the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics.	-	-	X	-	-
8	To be able to examine concepts, theories, and developments with scientific methods in the areas of Political Science and International Relations.	-	X	-	-	-
9	To be able to take responsibility as an individual and as a team member.	X	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to Political Science and International Relations.	-	X	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect data in the areas of Political Science and International Relations and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of experience.	-	-	-	-	-