COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF LABOR

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 4037 HISTORY OF LABOR ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEYHUN GÜLER

Offered to

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

Course Objective

To analyze the relations between the working class and the bourgeoisie by evaluating the labor relations and the development of the working class in a historical dimension, to understand the concepts and theories related to labor history, to make the historical development of labor relations in Türkiye and the development of organized struggle in the world and in Türkiye in the historical process understandable.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discussion of concepts and theories related to labor history.
2   Analyzing the transformation of labor relations in the historical process.
3   An understanding of the historical development of processes of labor.
4   An understanding of the relations between the working class and the bourgeoisie from a historical perspective.
5   To have knowledge about changing conditions in labor processes and labor relations.
6   To make comparisons between current and past labor processes.
7   Historical analysis of the developments in Türkiye in the field of labor relations and labor.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the course.
2 The importance of labor history in historical narrative.
3 Concepts and theories related to labor history.
4 Labor relations and the periodization of labor history.
5 Labour relations and labour before the capitalist system of production.
6 Industrial revolution and subsequent developments, workerization and labor movements until the 1900s.
7 Labor movements from the early 1900s to the end of World War II.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Developments in the 2000s after World War II, debates within the labor movement.
10 The new world of labor: the transformation in labor relations and the union movements.Events that shaped the structurel transformation of the labor movement.
11 Labor relations, labor movements and organization in the Ottoman period.
12 Labour relations, workers' movements and organisation in the early period of the Republic (1920-1946).
13 The course of labor relations and labor movement in Türkiye between 1946 and 1980.
14 Debates on the labor movement and organization in Türkiye from the 1980s to the present.
15 General evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Thompson, E.P. Ingiliz Işçi Sınıfının Oluşumu. Uygur Kocabaşoğlu(çev.). Istanbul: Birikim Yayınları, 2015.
Mason P., Çalışarak Yaşamak ya da Savaşarak Ölmek: Küresel Işçi Sınıf Nasıl Oluştu, Istanbul: Yordam Kitap, 2010.
Makal Ahmet, Ameleden Işçiye, Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Emek Tarihi Çalışmalar, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları, 2018.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Active expression supported by visual presentation.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are measured by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ceyhun.guler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 13.00-14.00
Tuesday: 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1555
LO.25555
LO.355555
LO.455
LO.555555
LO.6555555555555
LO.7555555555555

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