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for academic year 2024/2025
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Course: Comparative Politics of the Middle East

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Course title	Comparative Politics of the Middle East
Course code	KPE/CPE
Organizational form of instruction	Lecture + Seminary
Level of course	Bachelor
Year of study	not specified
Semester	Summer
Number of ECTS credits	5
Language of instruction	English
Status of course	Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction	Face-to-face
Work placements	This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components	None
Course availability	The course is available to visiting students

Lecturer(s)
Bacik Gökhan, Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified
Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Having a thematic approach to the study of the Middle East, the course will focus on the major areas of political science on the region about the politics of individual countries. The course examines the politics of the Middle East through a variety of topics, including the modern state-building project, the legacy of empires and Western colonialism, authoritarianism and regime change, Islam and politics, war and conflict, and the politics of economic development. This course covers topics in Middle Eastern politics from the perspective of general debates in Comparative Politics. The main objective is to critically apply concepts and methods developed in Comparative Politics to the region and to practice the development of research projects in the process.
Prerequisites
Class participation 10 Midterm 20 Term Paper 20 Final Exam 50
Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature

Study plans that include the course

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Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Political Analysis and Strategy (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023)	Category: Philosophy, theology	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Studies and International Relations (2016)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2023)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_S24)	Category: Philosophy, theology	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Governance and Democracy (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): War and Peace Studies (2023)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2023)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2023)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Political Analysis and Strategy (2023)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2023)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_N24)	Category: Philosophy, theology	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2019)	Category: Philosophy, theology	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Political Analysis and Strategy (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Political Science (2023)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Politics and European Studies (2015)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2023)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): War and Peace Studies (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2019)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2023)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019)	Category: Social sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2019)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): European Union (2023)	Category: Economy	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -

Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 30.04.2025 23:58. Data created for academic year 2024/2025