COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3001 SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

To examine economi as a basic dynamic of the emergence of modern societies wiith sociological perspective and to understand its central role to make social analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand economy as one of the major dynamics of social change
2   to relate economy with other social fields
3   to understand the role of economy in the emergence of modern socities
4   to understand the emergence of capitalism in Europe to make comparison to Turkish experience of capitalism
5   to make analysis of today s forms of capitalism
6   to understand social and cultural reflections of capitalist crisis in the different parts of world

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of the sociology of economics and its areas of study
2 Theoretical foundations
3 The Emergence of Capitalism
4 Discussions of Change and Transformation of Production: Capitalism-Fordism-Post-Fordism
5 Neoliberalism
6 Employment, Social Class, Informal Sector and Inequality
7 Class: Employees and Unemployed
8 Women's Labor and Economy
9 Mid-term
10 Türkiye Discussion: Past, Present
11 Türkiye Discussion: Past, Present
12 Global World Economy

Recomended or Required Reading

Veysel Bozkurt; Fatime Güneş (Edt.), Ekonomi Sosyolojisi, Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, 2011.
Richard Senneth, Kamusal Insanın Çöküşü, (170-192), Çev. Serpil Durak, Abdullah Yılmaz, 4. Baskı, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013.
Robin Murray, Fordizm ve Post-Fordizm , Der. Stuart Hall ve Martin Jacques, Yeni Zamanlar: 1990 larda Politikanın Değişen Çehresi içinde, (46-62), Çev. Abdullah Yılmaz, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 1995.
Senneth Richard, Karakter Aşınması: Yeni Kapitalizmde Işin Kişilik Üzerindeki Etkileri, (32-46), Çev. Barış Yıldırım, 3. Baskı, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2008.
Ralph Milliband, Sınıfsal Analiz Anthony Giddens, Jonathan Turner (Der.) Günümüzde Sosyal Teori içinde, (365-387), Çev. Ümit Tatlıcan, Say Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013.
Jeny B. White, Para ile Akraba Kentsel Türkiye de Kadın Emeği, Para Bizi Akraba Yapar (155-190), Çev. Aksu Bora, 3. Baskı, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2015.
Thomas Piketty, Yirmi Birinci Yüzyılda Kapital, (41-76), Çev. Hande Koçak, 3. Baskı, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2018.
Şevket Pamuk, (2014) Türkiye nin 200 Yıllık Iktisadi Tarihi, (317-338), 10. Baskı, Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul, 2019.
Selçuk Şirin, Yol Ayrımındaki Türkiye Ya Özgürlük Ya Sefalet, 2. Baskı, Doğan Kitap, Istanbul, 2016.
Demet Dinler, Işçinin Varlık Problemi, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2015.
Max Weber, Protestan Ahlakı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu, Çev. Milay Köktürk, 2. Baskı, Bilgesu Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

devrim.erturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 4 64
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 12 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1455
LO.254
LO.3554
LO.44455
LO.53
LO.6544