COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5058 SOCIAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to ensure that the students are able to analyze the connections between governance and social politics in terms of the relations among different levels such as local, regional and national levels, the role of state and its relation with civil society, repositioning of different interest groups and reforms, direction, and application of the policies

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the concepts of globalization and governance
2   Correlate governance with economic, social and political context
3   Search out the effects of governance on the roles of state and civil society
4   Analyse the effects of governance on the welfare systems
5   Determine the effects of governance on the distribution methods of wealth
6   Evaluate the implications of governance for social politics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Globalization and Governance
2 Governance and the Global Economy
3 Governance and Neo-liberalism
4 Governance and Liberal Society
5 Governance and Deliberative Democracy
6 Governance and the National State
7 Governance and Citizenship
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Governance and Civil Society
10 Governance and Welfare
11 Governance and European Social Model
12 Governance and Global Social Policy
13 Welfare Systems and Global Social Policy
14 Corporate Social Responsibility
15 Global Labour Standards

Recomended or Required Reading

Gosta ESPING-ANDERSEN, Duncan GALLIE, Anton HEMERIJK, John MYERS; Why We Need a New Welfare State Oxford University Press, London, 2002.
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.
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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 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)

Dokuz Eylül University
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
35 160 Buca/IZMIR
e-mail: tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr
Phone: (232) 41 10 293

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-17.00
Tuesday, 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.13353
LO.23353
LO.33353
LO.43353
LO.53353
LO.63353

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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