COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 4028 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MERVE KAYADUVAR

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

To address the historical development of social welfare policies and the theoretical debates in this field. To evaluate the relationship of these policies with the discipline of public administration and the process of making social welfare policies within the framework of public policy making process. To define the social problem areas at the international level and to discuss the theoretical and political approaches behind the social welfare policies put forward for the solution of the problems in terms of public administration.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the theoretical debates on the concept of social welfare policy.
2   To learn the historical development of social welfare policies.
3   To discuss the social problems that arise in different countries and to learn the different theories that are effective in solving these problems and their relationship with public administration.
4   To learn the role of social welfare policies in public policies

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 concept of social welfare policies
3 The relationship between public administration and social welfare policies
4 Public policy making process and social welfare policies
5 The concept of welfare state and the development of welfare state
6 The crisis of the welfare state and its neoliberal transformation
7 Neoliberalism and social welfare policies
8 Social classes and social welfare policies
9 Social welfare policies in Türkiye
10 Social welfare policies in the EU
11 Unemployment and social welfare policies
12 Poverty and social welfare policies
13 Public health and social welfare policies
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

KORAY, M. 2008. Sosyal Politika.
Çelik, A. 2014. Avrupa Birliği Sosyal Politikası ve Türkiye.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and class discusing

Assessment Methods

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


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)

e-mail: merve.kayaduvar@deu.edu.tr
Office: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Dokuz Çeşmeler Kampüsü IIBF Kamu Yönetimi 115 No'lu Ofis Buca/Izmir

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Project Assignment 1 7 7
Project Final Presentation 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14455
LO.24555
LO.35555
LO.45455

CONTACT INFORMATION
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