COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GLOBAL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6175 GLOBAL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HATICE ŞEBNEM SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to make a multilevel and multidimensional evaluation about the current inequalities in a global society. With this course, in the light of current sociological researches about social inequalities, it is aimed that to be able to analyze the globalization dynamics of society on the one hand and on the other hand that to be able to evaluate the inequalities that is introduced by the globalization with a multilevel approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to study the globalization process with a sociological perspective.
2   Being able to evaluate the meaning and results of globalization in terms of social reality.
3   Being able to identify the risks and problems introduced through process of globalization.
4   Being able to analyze the social inequalities in terms of classical, contemporary and postmodern theoretical perspectives.
5   Being able to analyze the social inequalities and their persistentence.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Concepts (Globalization-Social Inequalities)
2 Theory of Inequalities, Economic and Status Inequalities
3 Theory of Social Stratification and Social Inequalities
4 Class Structure and Social Inequalities
5 Gender and Social Inequalities (Family Life)
6 Gender and Social Inequalities (Working Life)
7 Inequalities in Labor Market: Gender, Race and Class
8 Social Inequalities related with Global Migration
9 Midterm Exam
10 Midterm Exam
11 Welfare State Practices and Social Inequalities
12 Health Right and Social Inequalities
13 Technological Change and Social Inequalities
14 Social Inequalities in terms of Social Justice

Recomended or Required Reading

Fiona Devine/Mary C. Waters (Edt.): Social Inequalities in comperative perspective, Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
Mary Romero/Eric Margolis (Edt.): The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Zygmunt Baumann; Social Inequalities in a Global Age, Polity Press, 2011.
Cecilia Wainryb/Judith G. Smetana/Elliot Turiel; Social Development, Social Inequalities and Social Justice, Taylor&Francis Group, 2008.
Zygmunt Baumann; Modernite, Kapitalizm, Sosyalizm Küresel Çağda Sosyal Eşitsizlik, (Çeviren: F. Doruk Ergun), Say Yayınları, 2014.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Assignment and Presentation

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are measured by semester exam, final exam and student presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.secer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday Wednesday 10:00 12:00

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 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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