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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS CEK 3029 SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to make students familiar with the varieties of national welfare and production systems which share a common history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify the functioning of the specific institutions of the current welfare state systems 2   To clarify the specific features and comparative advantages of national production systems 3   To show the micro-level resources of institutions which shape the behaviour of actors and support the existing institutional infrastructure. 4   To compare different welfare state systems 5   To argue the transformation of welfare state systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Comparative economic systems 2 Varieties of capitalism approach 3 Regulation approach 4 Typology of welfare states systems 5 Liberal welfare state systems 6 Conservative welfare state systems 7 Socio-democratic welfare state systems 8 Mid Term 9 Mid Term 10 Comparative labour market institutions 11 Varieties of corporate governance 12 Comparative industrial relations systems 13 Comparative social protection systems 14 Comparative gender inequality

Recomended or Required Reading

ESPING-ANDERSON, Gosta; Welfare States in Transition. Social Security in the New Global Economy. Sage, London, 1996. HALL, Peter A. and SOSKICE, David; Varieties of Capitalism, The Institutional Foundations Of Comparative Advantage. Oxford University Press, New York, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class participation Examinations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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 420 20293

Office Hours

Monday: 14.00 17.00 Wednesday : 14.00 17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for final exam 1 12 12 Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 LO.1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1