Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

General Information Unit Staff Academic Information Programme Outcomes Course Structure Diagram Contact Information

Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Berfin KART TEPE

Prof. Cengiz İskender ÖZKAN

Prof. Erdal İSBİR

Prof. Onur KARTAL

Prof. Şahabettin YALÇIN

Prof. Yavuz KILIÇ

Assoc. Prof. Aysun GÜR

Res. Assist. Burak SAYIN

Res. Assist. Eda HAYRİOĞULLARI

Res. Assist. Selvihan SELVİ

Theories of Social Change and Globalization

Course Code	: SOS381
Course Type	: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

• to provide students with an understanding of approaches towards social change • to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of discussions on modernization process in order to make them be able to inferred modern social dynamics • to provide students with necessary knowledge about globalization discussions and its appearances in order to make them to be able to substantiate recent global developments with those. • to make students be able toanalyze changes in Turkey from a sociological perspective and be able to identify their practical reflections

Course Content

Main concepts of social change; Factors that affects social change; Macro theories (organism, evolutionary, dialectic); Structural Functionalism; Conflict Approach; Micro theories (societal change approach, individualist change approach); Modernity and modernization; Modernity and its criticism; Globalization theories and discussions

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Emin YİĞİT

Learning Outcomes

1.	to be able to discuss and analyze social change from a sociological perspective
2.	to be able to analyze social change by obtaining enough theoretical and conceptual knowledge about social change
3.	to be able to understand and explain social act and relatedly be able to identify and propose solution to urban problems
4.	To be able to understand and explain the outcomes of globalization and modernization
5.	To be able to understand and identify different dynamics of social change process
6.	To be able to analyze and explain social changes in Turkey

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Adda, Jaques,( 2003, ) Ekonominin Küreselleşmesi, Çev: Sevgi İneci, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul,
2.	Akkaya, Y. (2003) “’Küreselleşme’, Sendikasızlaştırma ve Yoksullaştırma”, Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, s. 49, c. 14, Ankara
3.	Appelbaum,P. R.(1981) Toplumsal Değişme Kuramları, Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, Ankara
4.	Ataay, F. (2006) Neo-Liberalizm ve Devletin Yeniden Yapılandırılması: Türkiye’de Kamu Reformu Üzerine İncelemeler, De Ki Basım Yayın: Ankara.
5.	Bozkurt, N. (1998) 20. Yüzyıl Düşünce Akımları, Sarmal Yayınevi, İstanbul
6.	Chossudovsky, Mıchel, (1999)Yoksulluğun Küreselleşmesi, Çivi Yazıları, İstanbul
7.	Giddens, A. ( 2000) Elimizden Kaçıp Giden Dünya, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul
8.	Giddens, A. (1998) Modernliğin Sonuçları, Ayrıntı Yayınları,Ankara
9.	Habermas, J. (2002) Küreselleşme ve Milli Devletin Akibeti, Bakış Yayınları, İstanbul
10.	Hırst, Paul ve Grahame Thompson, (2000), Küreselleşme Sorgulanıyor, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara
11.	İnsel, A. (2004) Neo-Liberalizm: Hegemonyanın Yeni Dili, Birikim Yayınları: İstanbul
12.	Kazgan, Gülten, (1997), Küreselleşme ve Yeni Ekonomik Düzen, Ne Getiriyor? Ne Götürüyor? Nereye Gidiyor?, Altın Kitaplar Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1997
13.	Kongar, E. (1979) Toplumsal Değişme Kuramları ve Türkiye Gerçeği, Çağdaş Basımevi, Ankara
14.	Oskay, Ül. (1990) Sosyolojik Düşünce Tarihi, Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, No:55, Bornova
15.	Smith, A. (1995) Toplumsal Değişme Anlayışı, Gündoğan Yayınları, Ankara
16.	Şaylan, G. (2003) Değişim Küreselleşme ve Devletin Yeni İşlevi, İmge Kitapevi, İstanbul
17.	Şenel, A. (1995) İlkel Topluluktan Uygar Topluma, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul
18.	Wagner, P. (1996) Modernliğin Sosyolojisi, Sarmal Yayınevi, İstanbul
19.	Yılmaz, A. (1996) Modernden Postmoderne Siyasal Arayışlar, Vadi yayınları, Ankara

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction to course and its contents

Week 2 - Theoretical

Main Concepts of Social Change

Week 3 - Theoretical

Factors that Affect Social Change

Week 4 - Theoretical

Theories of Social ChangeMacro Theories (Organism, Evolutionary)

Week 5 - Theoretical

Macro Theories (Evolutionary, Dialectic)

Week 6 - Theoretical

Structural Functionalist Approach

Week 7 - Theoretical

Conflict Approach I

Week 8 - Theoretical

Conflict Approach II

Week 9 - Theoretical

Micro Theories (Societal Change Approach)

Week 10 - Theoretical

Modernity and Modernization

Week 11 - Theoretical

Modernity and Modernization

Week 12 - Theoretical

Modernity and Its Criticism

Week 13 - Theoretical

Theories of Globalization

Week 14 - Theoretical

Neo-liberal Globalization Discussions

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	1	2	42
Individual Work	14	1	0	14
Midterm Examination	1	10	1	11
Final Examination	1	10	1	11
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-11
OÇ-1							2
OÇ-2							2
OÇ-3							2
OÇ-4							2
OÇ-5							2
OÇ-6							2