POLITICAL SCIENCE
4314
DR. LEDER
REVOLUTION & NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE
EAST
Department
Of
Political Science/Texas State University
The online version of this syllabus can be accessed @
arnoldleder.com
e-mail address: al04@txstate.edu
Office: ELA 335
Office Hours: TBA & by
appointment
Selected Web Resources For Texas State
University
Texas State
University Library
Locating
Periodicals @ Texas State University Library
Citation
& Bibliographic Styles & Related Information
Portals
to the World Home Page (Library of Congress)
Internet
Political Science Resources-Extensive University Links/University Of
Michigan
TheWWW Virtual
Library:International
Affairs Resources
The
Ultimate Political Science Links Page
Note On Web Syllabus Materials: Students
may
find books, articles, links, websites, blogs, and other materials
provided
in this syllabus useful and of interest. Their listing in this
syllabus,
including those which are required and recommended, does not
necessarily
indicate endorsement of or agreement with any views or positions on any
issues found in these materials, websites, or on other sites to which
they
may provide links.
GRADES: Student grades for
the course
will be based on two exams which will consist of essay questions and
identification
and explanation of important concepts and issues from lectures and
assigned
readings.
ATTENDANCE:
1. Three (3) unexcused absences are permitted.
Students
with four (4) unexcused absences will have their course grade lowered
by
one letter grade. Students who have five (5) unexcused absences
will
have their course grade lowered by two letter grades. No absences
beyond five (5) for any reason are permitted. Any student
who has more than five absences is likely to fail the course and,
therefore,
should withdraw from the course.
2. The instructor for the course is not responsible
for bringing students who have missed class "up-to-date" on missed
material.
Each student has the responsibility to remain current with respect to
class
materials.
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Academic Honesty Statement: Please see Academic
Honesty Statement/Student Handbook/Texas State University San Marcos
http://davinci.mrp.swt.edu/mrp/publications/studenthandbook/academicprocedures.html#academic
See end of this syllabus
for excerpts from the Academic Honesty Statement.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course examines
revolution and
nationalism in the modern Middle East with a special emphasis on the
Iranian,
Egyptian, and Turkish experiences. Each of these cases is studied
in the context of general theoretical literature on revolution and
nationalism.
Greater emphasis will be given to the Iranian case.
PURPOSE & EMPHASIS OF
COURSE
Students should note that while
there
is considerable treatment of specific events and developments in the
countries
studied,
the emphasis is on the origins and nature of the revolutionary
process in each case. The purpose of this course is learning how
to apply theoretical literature to empirical cases. This effort,
in turn, leads to both better understanding of the particular cases and
to modifying theory in the light of application to "real world"
experiences.
Theory building is essential to the comparative perspective.
Students
will learn how to evaluate information provided by area studies
specialists
in terms of the theoretical insights of comparative and cross cultural
analysis. This is a social science course. Students will
become
familiar with the larger concerns of comparative politics even as the
particular
information is derived from specific countries in an area of the world
known as the Middle East.
REQUIRED READINGS
Books
J. A. Bill& R.
Springborg, Politics
in the Middle East (Harper Collins, Latest Edition)/Paperback
Crane Brinton, The Anatomy
of
Revolution (Random House/Vintage/Revised & Expanded Latest
Edition)/Paperback
Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir
in Books /Paperback
D. Peretz, The Middle
East Today
(Praeger,
Latest Edition)/Paperback
Articles (Reserve Desk at Texas State Library)
Historical Perspectives:
Ann K. S. Lambton,Secret Societies And The
Persian
Revolution Of 1905-1906
Middle Eastern Affairs,
No.
1, 1959, pp. 43-60.
Mary E. Hegland,"Traditional"
Iranian Women: How They Cope
The Middle East Journal,
Vol.
36, No. 4, Autumn, 1982.
TOPICS FOR LECTURE,
DISCUSSION, &
ASSIGNED READINGS
I. Methodological
Considerations
1.Area
Studies
2.Cross
Cultural (Cross National) Analysis
3.The
Comparative Perspective:Replication & Generalization
Readings:
Brinton, chapter 1; Peretz, chapters 1,2, & Epilogue; Bill &
Springborg,
(B&S) chapters 1, 2, 3.
II. Revolution and Nationalism
1. What revolution is not
2. Preliminary signs
and stages
of revolution
Readings:
Brinton, chapters 2, 3, 4; B&S, pp.72-83; Peretz, chapter 6.
III. The Iranian Case:
Liberalism,
Nationalism, Modernizing Autocracy and Islamic
Revolution
Readings: Brinton, chapters 5,
6, 7;
Peretz, chapters 4, 5, 17; B&S, chapters 5 (especially pp.
IV. The Egyptian Case: Liberalism, Nationalism,
Authoritarian
Mobilization, and
"Thermidor"
Readings: Brinton chapters 5
(revisited),
8, 9; Peretz, chapters 8, 9; B&S chapters 5 (especially
pp. 207-227), 6 (see material on
Egypt).
V. The Turkish Case:
Liberalism,
Nationalism, and Uncertain Democracy
Readings: Brinton, chapters 2,
3, 4
(revisited); Peretz, chapters 3, 7; B&S, chapters 5 (especially
pp. 180-192), and 6 (see
material on
Turkey).
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Excerpts From
Academic
Honesty Statement
Learning and teaching take place best in an
atmosphere
of intellectual freedom and openness. All members of the academic
community
are responsible for supporting freedom and openness through rigorous
personal
standards of honesty and fairness. Plagiarism and other forms of
academic
dishonesty undermine the very purpose of the university and diminish
the
value of an education.
Academic Offenses
Students who have committed academic dishonesty,
which
includes cheating on an examination or other academic work to be
submitted,
plagiarism, collusion, or abuse of resource materials, are subject to
disciplinary
action.
a. Academic work means the preparation of an essay,
thesis, report, problem assignments, or other projects which are to be
submitted for purposes of grade determination.
b. Cheating means:
1. Copying from another student’s test paper,
laboratory
report, other report or computer files, data listing, and/or programs.
2. Using materials during a test unauthorized by
person
giving test.
3. Collaborating, without authorization, with
another
person during an examination or in preparing academic work.
4. Knowingly, and without authorization, using,
buying,
selling, stealing, transporting, soliciting, copying, or possessing, in
whole or part, the content of an unaministered test.
5. Substituting for another student—or permitting
another person to substitute for oneself in taking an exam or preparing
academic work.
6. Bribing another person to obtain an
unadministered
test or information about an unadministered test.
c. Plagiarism means the appropriation of
another’s
work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one’s own
written
work offered for credit. (Underline Added)
d. Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration
with another person in preparing written work offered for credit.
e. Abuse of resource materials means the mutilation,
destruction, concealment, theft or alteration of materials provided to
assist students in the mastery of course materials.
Penalties for Academic Dishonesty
Students who have committeed academic dishonesty may
be subject to:
a. Academic penalty including one or more of the
following
when not inconsistent:
1. A requirement to perform additional academic work
not required of other students in the course;
2. Required to withdraw from the course with a
grade of “F.” (Underline
Added)
3. A reduction to any level grade in the course, or
on the exam or other academic work affected by the academic dishonesty.
b. Disciplinary penalty including any penalty which
may be imposed in a student disciplinary hearing pursuant to this Code
of Conduct.
The complete Texas State University Academic
Honesty
Statement is accessible @ Academic
Honesty Statement/Student Handbook/Texas State University San Marcos
http://davinci.mrp.swt.edu/mrp/publications/studenthandbook/academicprocedures.html#academic
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