Academic Catalog

ADM3103 POLITICAL PART.AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

Course Code:	3103103
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Political Science And Public Adm.
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. NÝLAY YAVUZ
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

This course aims to familiarize the students with basic issues of political participation. A basic distinction is made between conventional means of participation such as political parties, interest and pressure groups, elections and voting on the one hand, and unconventional means of participation such as terrorism, new social movements, post-modernity and cyber democracy on the other.