Course Details Language of Instruction English Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program Political Science and Public Administration (English) Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Elective Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course The course Military and Politics is an overview of the major themes and debates in the study of civil-military relations. In every modern democratic state, the question of the proper balance between the military and the civilian political elites is a key feature of politics. In its extreme cases, the military takes over the power and gives the elected poliicians a break. In democratic regimes, the roads of the military to such instances are highly diminished from institutional and cultural channels both. But there are still prevailing debates about the proper degree of military influence over defense and foreign policy, and the degree to which military policy should be responsive to broader social and cultural values. In this class, we will study the key themes of civil-military relations in various different countries, including Turkey. Course Content Topologies of civil-military relations, civil-military relations in democratic countries, coups, democratization and army, army and society, Course Methods and Techniques Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. Hakan Köni Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. HAKAN KÖNİ Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources NA Course Notes Samuel Huntington, The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations (Belknap/Harvard, 1957). Bruneau, T.C. & Tollefson, S.D. (Eds.) (2006). Who guards the guardians and how. Austin: University of Texas Press. Morris Janowitz, The Professional Soldier (Free Press, 1971). Michael C. Desch, Civilian Control of the Military (Johns Hopkins Press 1997). Eric Nordlinger, Soldiers in Politics (Prentice-Hall, 1977) Peter Feaver, “The Civil-Military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the Question of Civilian Control,” Armed Forces & Society, 23, 2 (Winter 1996), pp. 149-178. Larry Diamond, “Thinking About Hybrid Regimes,” Journal of Democracy, 13, 2 (April 2002), pp. 21-35. Richard Kohn, “How Democracies Control the Military,” Journal of Democracy, 8, 4 (October 1997), pp. 140-153. Charles Moskos, John Allen Williams, and David Segal, eds., The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces after the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2000). Documents NA Assignments NA Exams NA Course Category Social Sciences %100