ECTS - Political Economy of Agriculture

Political Economy of Agriculture (POEC644) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Political Economy of Agriculture POEC644 General Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Özgür Bor
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course dwells upon the fundamental theories of agricultural political economics. furthermore, this course introduces the relevant conceptual tools in order to analyze such theories.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Learning Political Economics of Agriculture
  • Learning of regime and comparison of agricultural regimes
  • Global transformation of agriculture after 1980s
  • Learning and using of main models and concepts to analyze the fundamental transformation in world and Turkish agriculture
Course Content Political economics of agricultural transformation; agricultural regimes; power, hegemony and regime; fundamental principles; the globalization of agriculture; vertical integration and market power; developments in the retail industry; IMF standby agreements and the World Bank agricultural reform; industrial examples- tobacco, milk and meat, sugar

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Political Economics of Agricultral Transformation Henry Bernstein 2010. Tarımsal Değişimin Sınıfsal Dinamikleri. Yordam Kitap İstanbul.
2 Political Economics of Agricultral Transformation Ellen Meiksins Wood 2003. Kapitalizmin Kökeni Geniş Bir Bakış. Epos Yayınları, Ankara
3 Political Economics of Agricultral Transformation Gülten Kazgan 2003. Tarım ve Gelişme, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul (İlgili bölümler).
4 Agricultural Regimes: Power, Authority and Regime KEOHANE Robert O.; “The Demand for International Regimes” International Organization Vol.36, No.2 International Regimes (Spring 1982) pp.325-355 KEOHANE Robert O; After Hegemony. Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy. Princeton University Press Princeton New Jersey, 1984. KİNDLEBERGER Charles; The World in Depression, 1929-1939. Berkeley. University of California Pres, 1974. KRASNER Stephen D.; “State Power and the Structure of International Trade” World Politics Vol.28 No.3 (April 1976) pp. 317-347 MCKEOWN Timothy; “Hegemonic Stability Theory and 19th Century Tarif Levels in Europe” International Organization Vol.37, No.1 (Winter 1983) pp.73-91
5 Agricultural Regimes: Power, Authority and Regime STRANGE, Susan; “Cave! Hic Dragons: A Critique of Regime Analysis” International Organization, Vol.36, No.2, International Regimes. (Spring,1982), pp.479-496 STRANGE, Susan; “The Persistent Myth of Lost Hegemony” International Organization, Vol.41, No.4. (Autun,1987), pp.551-574 STRANGE, Susan; The Retreat of the State. The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy.Canbridge University Press, Cambridge 1996 RUSSETT, Bruce; “The Mysterious Case of Vanishing Hegemony; or, is Mark Twain Really Dead?” International Organization 39 (Spring 1985) pp.207-231
6 Agricultural Regimes FRIEDMANN Harriet; “Feeding the Empire:Pathologies of Globalized Agriculture” Socialist Register 2005. FRIEDMANN Harriet; From Colonialism to Green Capitalism: Social Movements and Emergence of Food Regimes CLEAVER Harry M.; “The Contradictions of the Green Revolution” The American Economic Review, 1972, Vol.62 No.1/2 pp177-186 FAY C.R.; “The Significance of the Corn Laws in English History” The Economic History Review 1928, Vol.1, No.2 pp.314-318 JAMES Scott C. ve David A. LAKE; “The Second Face of Hegemony: Britain’s repeal of the Corn Laws and the American Walker Tariff of 1846” International Organization,1989, Vol 43, no.1 pp1-29
7 Agricultural Transformation after 1980 CROTTY James; “Structural Contradictions of the Global Neoliberal Regime” Review of Radical Political Economics Vol. 32, 3 (2000) 361-368 KOTZ David M.; “ Globalization and Neoliberalism” Rethinking Marxism Vol. 14, Number 2 (Summer 2002) 64-79 BOEHLJE Michael ve Otto DOERING; “Farm Policy in an Industrialized Agriculture” Journal of Agribusiness Vol.18, No.1 (2000) pp 53-60. BONANNO Alessandro, Lawrence BUSCH, William FRIEDLAND, Lourdes GOUBEIA ve Enzo MINGIONE;From Columbus to Conagra the Globalization of Agriculture and Food. University Press of Kansas,1994. HEFFERNAN William H ve CONSTANCE Douglas H.; Transnational Corporations and the Globalization of the Food System. From Columbus to Conagra he Globalization of Agriculture and Food. MCMICHAEL Philip; Global Development and the Corporate Food Regime. Paper prepared for Symposium on New Directions of Global Development, XI World Congress of Rural Sociology, Trondheim July 2004 OYA, Carlos; “Kalkınmakta Olan Ülkelerde Çiftçilere Sopa ve Havuç:Kuramda ve Uygulamada Tarımsal Neoliberalizm” Neoliberalizm Muhalif Bir Seçki İçinde (Çev. Şeyda Başlı ve Tuncel Öncel) Haz. Alfredo Saad-Filho ve Deborah Johnston, Ankara, 2008.
8 Agricultural Transformation after 1980 BUREAU Jean-Christophe, Jean SEBASTIEN ve Alan MATTHEWS ; Concessions and Exemptions for Developing Countries in the Agricultural Negotiations: The Role of the Special and Differential Treatment. TRADEAG Working Papers, 6/2005 FAO; FAO Papers on Selected Issues Relating to WTO Negotiations on Agriculture. FAO 2002a. FAO; Agriculture, Trade and Food Security, Fao, Rome 2002b. FAO; World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030 An Fao Perspective, Fao, Rome, 2003.
9 Globalization of Agriculture MURPHY Sophia; Concentrated Market Power and Agricultural Trade. Ecofair Trade Dialogue Discussion papers No.1, August 2006 OXFAM; “Boxing Match in Agricultural Trade.” Oxfam Briefing Paper No.32 November 2002 OXFAM; “Dumping Without Borders: How US Agricultural Policies are Destroying the Livelihoods of Mexican Corn Farmers.” Oxfam Briefing Paper No.50 August,2003.
10 Globalization of Agriculture KİRSTEN J.F. & SARTORİUS, K. ; Linking agribusiness and small-scale farmers in developing countries. Is there a new role for contract farming. Development Southern Africa. Vol. 17, No. 4. October 2002 REHBER, Erkan; Vertical Integration in Agriculture and Contract Farming. Working Paper Series # 46. A Joint USDA Land Grant University Research Project, Food Marketing Policy Center, University of Connecticut, 1998 USA. http://www.fmpc.uconn.edu WATTS, M.J.; Living under contract: contract farming and agrarian transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
11 Globalization of Agriculture REARDON, Thomas ve BERDEGUE, Julio A.; “The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America: Challanges and Opportunities for Development” Development Policy Review 2002, Vol.20, No.4, pp:371-388. REARDON, Thomas, TIMMER, C. Peter,ve BERDEGUE, Julıo A.; The Rise of Supermarkets and Private Standarts in Developing Countries:Illustrations from the Produce Sector and Hypothesized Implications for Trade. Paper for presentation at the International Conference, “Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO:where are we heading?”Capri,June 23-26 2003. REARDON, Thomas, TIMMER, C. Peter ve BERDEGUE, Julıo A.; “Supermarketization of the Emerging Markets of the Pacific Rim:Development and Trade Implications” Journal of Food Distribution Research 2005, Vol.36, No.1 pp3-12 SHEPHERD, Andrew W. ; The Implications of Supermarket Development for Horticultural Farmers and Traditional Marketing Systems in Asia. Fao Rome, 2005.
12 Globalization of Agriculture KİRSTEN J.F. & SARTORİUS, K. ; Linking agribusiness and small-scale farmers in developing countries. Is there a new role for contract farming. Development Southern Africa. Vol. 17, No. 4. October 2002 REHBER, Erkan; Vertical Integration in Agriculture and Contract Farming. Working Paper Series # 46. A Joint USDA Land Grant University Research Project, Food Marketing Policy Center, University of Connecticut, 1998 USA. http://www.fmpc.uconn.edu WATTS, M.J.; Living under contract: contract farming and agrarian transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
13 Developments in the Turkish Agriculture i) IMF Stand by agreements and World Bank Agricultural REform Stand by Agreements
14 Developments in the Turkish Agriculture i) Industrial Examples- Tobacco Milk Meat Industrial Reports

Sources

Course Book 1. Henry Bernstein 2010. Tarımsal Değişimin Sınıfsal Dinamikleri. Yordam Kitap İstanbul.
2. Ellen Meiksins Wood 2003. Kapitalizmin Kökeni Geniş Bir Bakış. Epos Yayınları, Ankara.
3. Gülten Kazgan 2003. Tarım ve Gelişme, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbu

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 14 20
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 20
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 17 100
Percentage of Semester Work 70
Percentage of Final Work 30
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To compare main theories and/or approaches in political economy and make a critical evaluation of each X
2 To compare main macroeconomic theories and/or approaches and make a critical evaluation of each X
3 To use complementary approaches from other relevant disciplines (e.g. political science, sociology) in order to solve problems requiring scientific expertise X
4 To develop the skills for establishing a micro-macro link in human and social sciences X
5 To analyze the main economic indicators and comment on them X
6 To acquire theoretical knowledge through literature survey and derive empirically testable hypothesis X
7 To be able to develop new approaches/theories for complex problems in political economy X
8 To apply critical thinking, statistical/econometric tools or other relevant quantitative and qualitative tools to new areas/problems X
9 To make a research design and carry it out within predetermined time frames X
10 To formulate and present policy recommendations based on academic research X
11 To continue learning and undertake advanced research independently X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 4 64
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 2 2
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 3 3
Total Workload 117