Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
SBK-23-115	SOSYAL POLİTİKA	Elective	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

From a historical perspective, it is aimed to analyse the development of social rights, social justice, social state and evolution from social state understanding to social policy. Examining the manifestations of this evolution in Turkey is the other purpose of this course.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Emrah Konuralp

Learning Outcomes

1	Students will be able to discuss the development of social rights on a conceptual level, both internationally, nationally and locally.
2	Students will understand the continuity and changes reflected in the social policy discussions of historical transformations in state-society relations and the content of the concept of citizenship.
3	Students will be able to analyse the theoretical background of the welfare state and social policy in Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Social Policy: Conceptual Analysis, Typologies of Welfare State and Welfare Regimes, Historical Development of Welfare State in Turkey

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction
2	Social Policy: Conceptual Analysis
3	From Welfare State to Social Policy: Historical Context
4	From Welfare State to Social Policy: Historical Context
5	Typologies of Welfare State and Welfare Regimes
6	Service Provision in Welfare State
7	MIDTERM EXAM
8	Historical Development of Welfare State in Turkey
9	Historical Development of Welfare State in Turkey
10	Social Policy in Turkey: State-Market-the Family
11	Social Policy and Local Governments in Turkey
12	Social Security in Turkey
13	Social Policies for Disadvantaged Groups: Women, Children, Disabled, Elderly, Youth, Immigrants, Ex-Convicts, Poor
14	Social Policies for Disadvantaged Groups: Women, Children, Disabled, Elderly, Youth, Immigrants, Ex-Convicts, Poor

Recommended or Required Reading

Buğra, A. (2018). Kapitalizm, Yoksulluk ve Türkiye'de Sosyal Politika. İletişim Yayınları. Buğra, A. ve Keyder, Ç. (2015). Sosyal Politika Yazıları. İletişim Yayınları. Koray, M. (2020). Sosyal Politika. 6. Baskı. İmge Kitabevi Yayınları. Polanyi, K. (2016). Büyük Dönüşüm Çağımızın Siyasal ve Ekonomik Kökenleri. İletişim Yayınları. Yaşar, Y. ve Yeni̇mahalleli̇ Yaşar, G. (2015). Neoliberal Küreselleşme ve Sosyal Politikada Dönüşüm. Mülkiye Dergisi, 36 (1-274): 63-92. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/mulkiye/issue/5/49

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	5	5	25
Final Examination	6	15	90
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	4	10	40
Individual Study for Final Examination	5	5	25
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13
LO1	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
LO2	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
LO3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High