COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL POLICY IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5041 SOCIAL POLICY IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to ensure that students know the values, the concepts and the language relating to social politics are being modified in recent years and the attention is increasingly drawn away from the institutions, the rules and the procedures that protect labour.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognise the concept of globalization, global production networks and global policy networks.
2   Classify global actors in social politics
3   Interpret national state, multinational companies, trade unions and non-governmental organizations.
4   Debate corporate social responsibility, social movements and global framework agreements
5   Relate the global developments to social policy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Globalization
2 Global Production Networks
3 Global Policy Networks
4 Social Politics and Global Actors
5 Globalization and National State
6 Globalization and Welfare State
7 Multinational Companies
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Corporate Social Responsibility
10 Globalization and Trade Unions
11 Globalization and Non-Governmental Organizations
12 Globalization and Social Movements
13 Global Framework Agreements
14 Globalizations and International Labour Organization

Recomended or Required Reading

Arjan de Haan; Reclaiming Social Policy Globalization, Social Exclusion and New Poverty Reduction Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007.
Mary DALY; Governance and social policy, Journal of Social Policy. Vol. 32, No. 1, 2003, s. 113 128.
Bob DEACON; The governance and politics of global social policy, Social Policy and Society. Vol. 4, No. 4, 2005, s. 437 445.
Gosta ESPING-ANDERSEN, Duncan GALLIE, Anton HEMERIJK, John MYERS; Why We Need a New Welfare State Oxford University Press, London, 2002.
Gudrun BIFFL, Joe ISAAC; Globalisation and core labour standards: Compliance problems with ILO Conventions 87 and 98. Comparing Australia and other English-speaking countries with EU member states, The International Journal of Comparative Law and Industrial Relations. Vol. 21, No. 3, Autumn 2005, s. 405-444.
Nicholas CAPALDI; Corporate social responsibility and the bottom line, International Journal of Social Economics. Vol. 32, No. 5, 2005, s. 408 423.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)

tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1354
LO.2354
LO.3354
LO.4354
LO.5354