COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRADE UNIONISM AND POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 4030 TRADE UNIONISM AND POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze the interaction between trade unions and political institutions in the context of different ideologies and in different state systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To introduce the basic concepts of political science and trade unionism (1,4)
2   To examine the different political ideologies and doctrines of (1,2, 4)
3   To evaluate trade unionism in different political systems, (1,2, 4)
4   To evaluate the role of trade unions as a political actors (1,4)
5   To Analyze the relationship between trade union and political parties in different countries and Turkey (1, 2, 4,12)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the relationship between labor and politics
2 Politics and related concepts.
3 The concept and development of the State
4 Contemporary Ideologies - 1 Liberalism
5 Contemporary Ideologies - 1 Socialism
6 Unitary political systems, underdevelopment and trade unionism
7 Pluralistic political systems, democracy and trade unionism
8 Mid-term visa
9 Mid-term visa
10 Political participation, political parties and party systems.
11 Public opinion, propaganda and trade unions
12 To compare the trade unions and other pressure groups (NGOs)
13 Relationship between political parties and trade unions in some countries examples
14 The role of trade unions as a political actors in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Münci KAPANI: Politika Bilimine Giriş. 8. Baskı, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 2010.

Alpaslan IŞIKLI: Sendikacılık ve Siyaset. Imge Kitapevi, Ankara, 2005

Ahmet Taner KIŞLALI: Siyaset Bilimi. Imge Kitapevi, Ankara, 2010.

Ahmet Taner KIŞLALI: Siyasal Sistemler. Imge Kitapevi, Ankara, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures presented by instructor and students could be question related and participation in the discussions during the course.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi
Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri Ilişkileri Bölümü
Telefon: 412 03 55
faruk.sapancali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday, Wednesday , Tuesday 16:00/17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.2111
LO.3111
LO.411
LO.51111