Language of Instruction
|
English
|
Level of Course Unit
|
Master's Degree
|
Department / Program
|
ARCHITECTURE
|
Type of Program
|
Formal Education
|
Type of Course Unit
|
Elective
|
Course Delivery Method
|
Face To Face
|
Objectives of the Course
|
Conceptualizing the urban society Identifying and analyzing the role of the state in relation to formation of urban space Identifying and evaluating the social theories in relation to urban space Examining and discussing the role of the politics, social relationships and economy in urban production
|
Course Content
|
This lecture focuses on theoretical concepts in relation to contemporary Urban issues. Social, economic and political changes of the recent century will be discussed in relation to spatial effects in the urban areas. The last 2 weeks of the module will focus on the urbanization process in Turkey in relation to the theoretical concepts has been discussed during the module.
|
Course Methods and Techniques
|
|
Prerequisites and co-requisities
|
None
|
Course Coordinator
|
Instructor SİNAN AKYÜZ
|
Name of Lecturers
|
None
|
Assistants
|
None
|
Work Placement(s)
|
No
|
Recommended or Required Reading
Resources
|
Barrow, C. W. (1993a) Critical Theories of the State: Marxist, Neo-Marxist, Post-Marxist, Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. Univ of Wisconsin Press. doi: 10.1016/0191-6599(94)90099-X Bilton, T. et al. (2002) Introductory sociology. Macmillan New York. Brenner, N., 2009. What is critical urban theory?. City, 13(2-3), pp.198-207. Clarke, S. (1991a) ‘Marxism, sociology and Poulantzas’s theory of the state’, in The state debate. Springer. Gottdiener, M. (1985) ‘Hegemony and mass culture: A semiotic approach’, American journal of sociology. University of Chicago Press, 90(5), pp. 979–1001. Harding, A. and Blokland, T., 2014. Urban theory: a critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century. Sage. Haralambos, M., Holborn, M. and Heald, R. (2004) Sociology: Themes and perspectives. HarperCollins Publishers Krippner, G. R. (2005) ‘The financialization of the American economy’, Socio-economic review. Oxford University Press, 3(2), pp. 173–208. Knox, P. and Pinch, S., 2014. Urban social geography: an introduction. Routledge Scott, A.J. and Storper, M., 2015. The nature of cities: The scope and limits of urban theory. International journal of urban and regional research, 39(1), pp.1-15. Stepnisky, J. and Ritzer, G. (2013) ‘Sociological theory’. New York: McGraw-Hill. Keyder, C¸C¸. (2015) Tu¨u¨rkiye’de devlet ve sınıflar. 20th edn. istanbul: I·I·letis¸s¸im Yayınları. O¨ztu¨u¨rk, O¨O¨. (2011) Tu¨u¨rkiye’de bu¨u¨yu¨u¨k sermaye grupları: finans kapitalin olus¸s¸umu ve gelis¸s¸imi. Sosyal Aras¸s¸tırmalar Vakfı (SAV). Cumhuriyet Donemi Turkiye Ansiklopedisi. Iletisim Yayinlari, Istanbul. Is¸s¸ık, O. and Pınarcıogˆgˆlu, M. M. (2012) No¨o¨betles¸s¸e yoksulluk: Gecekondulas¸s¸ma ve kent yoksulları: Sultanbeyli o¨o¨rnegˆgˆi. I·I·letis¸s¸im Yayınları.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|