Information Package / Course Catalogue
Globalization, Labor and Poverty
Course Code: SOSY523
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

1. To make students understand and perceive theoretical discussions on globalization 2. To make students be able to discuss appearances of globalization 3. To make them be able to explain the relationship between the dynamics of globalization and working life 4. To make them be able to explain the relationship between the dynamics of globalization and labor processes 5. To make them be able to explain the relationship between the dynamics of globalization, organization of labor and poverty

Course Content

Theoretical discussions on globalization; Globalization of the capital; Globalization of trade; Financial globalization; Political globalization; Globalization and transformations in working life; Globalization and Labor; Working life and the organization of labor; Poverty debates; Impoverishment of labor

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Emin YİĞİT
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to carry out theoretical discussions about globalization
2.To be able to analyze the outcomes of globalization and to apply them towards working life
3.To be able to relate the dynamics of globalization with nation-state dynamics
4.To be able to grasp debates on poverty
5.To be able to understand and explain the relationship between poverty and the transformation of working life
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Faruk Ataay: Neo-liberalizm ve Devletin Yeniden Yapılandırılması, Türkiye’de Kamu reformu Üzerine İncelemeler
2.M. Yıldız Tokatlıoğlu: Küreselleşme ve Kamu
3.Bauman, Zygmunt (1999) Küreselleşme
4.D. Held ve A. McGrew (haz) Küresel Dönüşümler
5.Abdülkadir Şenkal: Küreselleşme Sürecinde Sosyal Politika
6.Robertson, R. “Glokalleşme: Zaman-Mekan ve Homojenlik-Heterojenlik”, Postmodernizm ve İslam, Küreselleşme ve Oryantalizm içinde
7.Robertson, R. Küreselleşme, Toplum Kuramı ve Küresel Kültür
8.J. Stiglitz Küreselleşme Büyük hayal Kırıklığı
9.Giddens, A. Modernliğin Sonuçları
10.Necmi Erdoğan (Edt): Yoksulluk Halleri, Türkiye’de Kent Yoksulluğunun Görünümleri
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Theoretical Debates on Globalization
Week 2 - Theoretical
Economic Appearances of Globalization, Globalization of Capital
Week 3 - Theoretical
Globalization of Capital; Globalization of Trade
Week 4 - Theoretical
Globalization of Trade; Financial Globalization
Week 5 - Theoretical
Political Appearances of Globalization
Week 6 - Theoretical
Political Globalization and Nation-State
Week 7 - Theoretical
Multinational Corporations and Supranational Institutions
Week 8 - Theoretical
Globalization and Transformations of Working Life
Week 9 - Theoretical
Globalization and Labor
Week 10 - Theoretical
Working Life and the Organization of Labor
Week 11 - Theoretical
Poverty Debates and Labor
Week 12 - Theoretical
Post-fordistEmployment and Impoverishment of Labor
Week 13 - Theoretical
Labor Organizations and Poverty
Week 14 - Theoretical
Financialisation, Indebtedness and Poverty
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment2%50
Term Assignment1%50
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment215030
Term Project123023
Reading152030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026