COURSE UNIT TITLE

: UNIONS RESEARCHES ON HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5067 UNIONS RESEARCHES ON HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM TÜTÜNCÜ

Offered to

History

Course Objective

Labour history occupies n important place in the World social science literature. The purpose of this course is introduce to student interdisciplinary labour history research and teaching ability to interdisciplinary methodological skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Teach and introduce basic labour history literature
2   To explain efficiency history, economy, labour economics and political science which is compose of interdisciplinary labour history
3   To teach European labour history
4   To teach US labour history
5   Turkey s labour history development compare it global pattern and defining Turkey s evolution level.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. week John Stuart Mill, Positivism and scientific logic
2 2. week Important point in the interdisciplinary research
3 3. week The interdisciplinary quality of labour history
4 4. week Highlights trends in union and labour history literature I
5 5. week Highlights trends in union and labour history literature II
6 6. week British Unionism
7 7. week Union tradition in Germany
8 8. week Union tradition in France
9 9. week Union in Scandinavian Countries
10 10. week Unionism in Russia
11 11. week US unions development
12 12. week Turkey s labour history in single party period
13 13. week Turkey s labour history in multi party period
14 14. week Turkey s world place in terms of labour condition: A comparative Study

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Abendroth, Wolfgang. Avrupa Işçi Hareketleri Tarih, (Çev. Ali Çakıroğlu), Belge Yayınları, Istanbul, 1992.
Avrupa Topluluğu, Avrupa da Sendikalar, Ayyıldız Matbaası, Ankara, 1978.
Engels, Frederich. Ingiltere de Emekçi Sınıfın Durumu, (Çev. Yurdakul Fidancı), Sol Yayınları, Ankara, 1997.
Thompson, Edward Palmer. Ingiliz Işçi Sınıfının Oluşumu, (Çev. Uygur Kocabaşoğlu), Birikim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
Bellin, Eva. Contingent Democrats Industrialists Labour and Democratization in Late-Developing Countries , World Politics, vol.52, January 2000.
LaPalombara, Joseph. The Political Role of Organized Labor in Western Europe , The Journal of Politics, vol.17, no.1, February 1955.
Perlman, Mark. Labor Movement Theories: Past, Present and Future , Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol.13, no.3, Apr. 1960.
Supplementary Book(s): Binat, Tarık. Burası Amerika Bir geziden Notlar, Baha Matbaası, Istanbul, 1966.
Demir, Fevzi. Dünya da ve Türkiye de Işçi Hareketleri , 90 lı yıllarda Dünya ve Türkiye, Öz Iplik Iş Sendikası Yayını, Ankara 1992.
Engelberts, Hans. Ekonomik Bunalım ve Sendikaların Çözüm Arayışları , Ekonomik Bunalım Kamu Kesimi ve Sendikalar, (Çev. Yıldırım Koç), Yol-iş Sendikası Yayınları, Ankara, 1986.
Koç, Yıldırım. Türkiye- ILO Ilişkileri, Türk-Iş Eğitim Yayını, No 44, Ankara, 2000.
Ağralı, Sedat. Sendikacı Gözüyle Demirperde, Türk Iş Gücü Yayınları, 1969.
Kaye, Harvey J.. Ingiliz Marksist Tarihçiler, (Çev. Arife Köse), Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.
Izveren, Adil. Tebliğ , Batı Ülkelerindeki Uygulama Örnekleriyle Işçi-Politika, Sendika-Parti Ilişkileri, Türk-iş Yayınları, no:92, Ayyıldız Matbaası, Ankara, 1976.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

%70 Lecture + %30 Semester requirements presentation

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examinations.
2. LO 4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.
3. LO 3-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.70% attendance is obligatory.
2.Non-attendance will not be considered as an acceptable excuse for the delay in the term project.
3. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Gülsüm Tütüncü tutuncugulsum@gmail.com

Office Hours

Day and hour of the course

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1543
LO.255
LO.33
LO.43
LO.5354