Information Package / Course Catalogue
Globalization Debates in Sociology
Course Code: SOSY562
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

to provide students with an understanding of theoretical approaches towards globalisation to provide students with an adequate knowledge in order to make them be able to discuss the appearances of globalization to make students be able to identify relationship between the appearances and reflections of globalization to make students be able tounderstand transformations related to globalization

Course Content

Theoretical discussions on Globalization; Globalization of capital; Globalization of trade; Financial globalization; Political Globalization; Cultural aspects of globalization; Information webs and globalization

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Emin YİĞİT
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to carry out theoretical discussions related to globalization
2.to be able to analyze the outcomes of globalization
3.to be able to understand and explain the reflections of globalization over Turkey
4.To be able to understand and explain relationship between globalization and postmodernity and its effects
5.To be able to relate the dynamics of globalization with the dynamics of nation-state
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Giddens, A. Modernliğin Sonuçları
2.Giddens, A. Elimizden Kaçıp Giden Dünya
3.Robertson, R. Küreselleşme, Toplum Kuramı ve Küresel Kültür
4.Robertson, R. “Glokalleşme: Zaman-Mekan ve Homojenlik-Heterojenlik”, Postmodernizm ve İslam, Küreselleşme ve Oryantalizm içinde
5.D. Held ve A. McGrew (haz) Küresel Dönüşümler
6.Faruk Ataay: Neo-liberalizm ve Devletin Yeniden Yapılandırılması, Türkiye’de Kamu reformu Üzerine İncelemeler
7.Paul Hırst ve Grahame Thompson: Küreselleşme Sorgulanıyor
8.M. Yıldız Tokatlıoğlu: Küreselleşme ve Kamu Hizmetleri
9.M. Koray Kapitalizm Küreselleşirken Dünya Ahvali
10.R. Sennett Yeni Kapitalizm Kültürü
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to course and its contents
Week 2 - Theoretical
Theoretical Discussions on Globalization I
Week 3 - Theoretical
Theoretical Discussions on Globalization II
Week 4 - Theoretical
Transformations of Globalization in a Historical Process
Week 5 - Theoretical
Postmodernism and Globalization
Week 6 - Theoretical
Appearances of Globalization
Week 7 - Theoretical
Main Actors of Globalization
Week 8 - Theoretical
Globalization of the Capital
Week 9 - Theoretical
Globalization of Trade
Week 10 - Theoretical
Financial Globalization
Week 11 - Theoretical
Political Globalization
Week 12 - Theoretical
Political Globalization and Nation-State
Week 13 - Theoretical
Political Globalization, Nation-State and Localities
Week 14 - Theoretical
Cultural Aspect of GlobalizationInformation Webs and Globalization
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment215030
Reading55025
Midterm Examination113013
Final Examination115015
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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2026