COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6039 COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZEKI ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze 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 compare the developments in the field of social politics in different country groups
2   To learn the elements influencing social policy in global and local scale
3   To analyze effects of free movement of labour on the EU in terms of social and economic
4   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 discuss social and economic crisis and transformations in the global scale in the context of the labor market and to evaluate their effects on Turkey.

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

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

Lecture, weekly readings, paper and others.

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 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Preparing presentations 1 11 11
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 252

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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