COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLITICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6003 COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZEKI ERDUT

Offered to

Economics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand the structure, process and results of social systems in terms of the creation and distribution of income in the process of globalization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to compare the developments in the field of social policy in different country groups.
2   To be able to learn the elements influencing social policy in global and local scale
3   To be able to analyze effects of free movement of labour on the EU in terms of social and economic
4   To be able to compare the change of production, division of labour, labour market, and implementation of social policies on a global scale in terms of time and space.
5   To be able to discuss social and economic crisis and transformations in the global scale in the context of the labor market and to evaluate their effects on Türkiye.

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 Social Policy
2 International Actors
3 National Actors
4 Production System
5 Trade
6 Foreign Direct Investment
7 Midterm Exam
8 Labour Market
9 Employment Policy
10 Unemployment and Decent Work
11 Income Distribution Policies
12 Social Dialogue
13 Social Protection
14 Social Cohesion
15 General Evaluation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Afsa, Cédric; Demailly, Dominique; Guillemot, Danièle; Les allocataires du RMI: diversité des trajectoires, Droit Social. No. 7/8, Juillet-Août 2000, s. 713-716.
Ahmed, Iftikhar; Travail décent et développement humain , Revue internationale du Travail. Vol. 142, No. 2, 2003, p. 287-369.
Alper, Yusuf, Kaya, Pir Ali; Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü ve Uluslararası Çalışma Standartları. Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa, 1995.
Anker, Richard; L économie du travail des enfants: un cadre de mesure, Revue internationale du Travail. Vol. 139, No. 3, 2000, s. 279-317.
Ansal, Hacer; Küçükçiftçi, Suat; Onaran, Özlem; Orbay, Zeki; Türkiye Emek Piyasasının Yapısı ve Işsizlik. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, Istanbul, Kasım 2000.
Aksu, Ömer A.; Ücretler ve Verimlilik. I.Ü. Iktisat Fakültesi, Yayın No. 538, Istanbul, 1983.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class participation, Examinations, Asisignments

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)

zeki.erdut@deu.edu.tr

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 7 98
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.14222
LO.2333
LO.344555
LO.43353
LO.555

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