Information Package / Course Catalogue
Globalization of Social Policy
Course Code: SOSY536
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 be able to analyse the relationship between social transformations and social policy 2- to provide students with an ability to be able to analyse the characteristics of the practices of social policies via taking in to account different segments 3- to provide students with an understanding of the effectes of globalisation and neo-libral policies on social policies 4- to make students be able to provide social politic solution to the problems which exist in different segments of the society 5- to provide students with as ability to be able to predict social risk that could come out

Course Content

Social Transformations and Social Policy; Globalization and Results of Globalizations; Global Socio-Economic Order, Welfare State and Social Policy; Civil Society and Civil Organizations; Labor and Trade Union Movements; Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Justice; Social Rights and Social Policy; Neoliberal Globalization and Public Policies; Social Policies, Public Services and Global Dynamics.

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Learning Outcomes
1.be able to analyse globalisation and social transformations that come out of globalisation
2.be able to relate between social dynamics which come out together with the concept social policy and globalsation
3.be able to evaluate the reflections of globalisations and neo-liberal policies on work life
4.be able to analyse and discuss the social appearances of social exclusion and poverty
5.be able to grasp social risks today and provide solutions
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ataay, Faruk (2007 ) Neo-liberalizm ve Devletin Yeniden Yapılandırılması, Türkiye’de Kamu reformu Üzerine İncelemeler, De Ki Yayınları, Ankara
2.Bauman, Zygmunt (1999) Çalışma, Tüketicilik ve Yeni Yoksullar, Sarmal Yayınevi, İstanbul
3.Bauman, Zygmunt (1999) Küreselleşme, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul
4.Buğra, Ayşe ve Çağlar Keyder (2006 )Sosyal Politika Yazıları, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul
5.Buğra, Ayşe ( 2008) Yoksulluk, Kapitalizm ve Türkiye’de Sosyal Politika, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul
6.Buğra, Ayşe (2005 ) “Yoksulluk ve Sosyal Haklar, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Sosyal Politika Forumu”, http://www.stgm.org.tr/docs/1207303932Yoksulluk%20ve%20Sosyal%20Haklar-Ayse%20Bugra.pdf
7.Chossudovsky, Mıchel (1999 )Yoksulluğun Küreselleşmesi, Çivi Yazıları Yayınevi, İstanbul
8.Erdoğan, Necmi (Edt) (2002) Yoksulluk Halleri, Türkiye’de Kent Yoksulluğunun Görünümleri, Demokrasi Kitaplığı Yayınevi, İstanbul
9.Gorz, Andre (2001) Yaşadığımız Sefalet, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul
10.Gül, Sogül Sallan (2006) Sosyal Devlet Bitti Yaşasın Piyasa Yeni Liberalizm ve Piyasa Kıskacında Devlet, Ebabil Yayınları, Ankara
11. Naci (2007) Yoksulluğun Değişen Yüzü Çalışan Yoksullar, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir
12.Hırst, Paul ve Grahame Thompson (1996) Küreselleşme Sorgulanıyor, Dost Kitapevi Yayınları, Ankara
13.Munck, Ronaldo (2003) Emeğin Yeni Dünyası Küresel Mücadele Küresel Dayanışma, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul
14.Özaydın, Mehmet Merve (2008) Küresel Etkilerle Şekillenen Sosyal Politika Anlayışı Ekseninde Sosyal Politikaların Geleceğini Tartışmak, Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Cilt 10, Sayı 1 http://iibfdergisi.gazi.edu.tr/index.php/iibfdergisi/article/view/123/114
15.Sennet, Richard (2009) Yeni Kapitalizmin Kültürü, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul
16.Şenkal, Abdülkadir (2005) Küreselleşme Sürecinde Sosyal Politika, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul
17.Tokatlıoğlu, M. Yıldız (2005 ) Küreselleşme ve Kamu Hizmetleri, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, İstanbul
18.Zengingönül, Oğul (2004 )Küreselleşme, Yoksulluk, Gelişmişlik ve İşgücü Piyasaları Ekseninde, Adres Yayınları, Ankara
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to lecture
Week 2 - Theoretical
The Concept of Globalisation and Globalisation Debates . The Appearances of Globalisation. Economical, Financial, Commercial Globalisation, and New-World Order
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nation State and Globalisation. Welfare Policies, Social State and Globalisation. Social Dimensions of Globalisation (Decentralisation, Ethnicity, Right-Based Approaches, Social Media, Urban Citizen Rights)
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 4 - Theoretical
Social Policy: Conceptual Framework and General Discussions- What is Social Policy? And İts Transformation in a Historical Process- Pre-Industrial Revolution/ Post-Industrial Revolution Policies and Social Reflections
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Main Aims and Objectives of Social Policiy. Social Policy and Welfare State. Social Policy, Globalisation and The Transformation of Welfare State
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 6 - Theoretical
Public Service State Intervention and Social Policiy in Parallel to Neo-Liberal Policies. Globalisation, Social Risks and Social Policy
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 7 - Theoretical
Globalisation, New Socia-Economics Order and Work Life. Changes in Employment Forms and Social Policy
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 8 - Theoretical
Changes in Work Life and Rights- Organisation and Social Security
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 9 - Theoretical
Globalisation, Social Exclusion and Poverty. Distribution of Income and Poverty
Week 10 - Theoretical
New-Poverty and The Measurement of Poverty, Social Exclusion, Poverty and Discrimination
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 11 - Theoretical
Social Policy and Civil Society. Globalisation and Trade Unionism. Social Policy and Civil Society
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 12 - Theoretical
Student Presentatitions
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to read articles given previously
Week 13 - Theoretical
Student Presentatitions
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to prepare the subject that they are going to discuss within the class
Week 14 - Theoretical
Student Presentatitions
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to prepare the subject that they are going to discuss within the class
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures14%20
Assignment4%50
Term Assignment1%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment215030
Term Project123023
Reading152030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026