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Ph.D. in Political Science

PSIR616

SOCIAL POLICY REGIMES

Course Code
PSIR616
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Learn the historical development of social policies.
  2. Learn to analyse different social policy regimes from a comparative perspective.
  3. Learn different and specific social policy contexts.
  4. Learn to ask critical research questions in the field of social policy.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNo
Course DescriptionThis course focuses on the relationships between social policy, social rights, capitalism and nation-state. Following that, a historical analysis is made on the political economy and the ideological transformation leading to the development of social policy. Later, the course analyses in a comparative perspective the different social policies in different political structures. At the same time, the course focus on the development of critical and theoretical research questions in social policy area in political science and give readings and assignments in this manner.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the course
2nd Week The field of social policy and its definitions
3rd Week Historical development of social policies
4th Week Social policy and ideologies
5th Week Contemporary social polict
6th Week Social policy regimes: liberal model
7th Week Social policy regimes: social-democrat model
8th Week Social policy regimes: corporatist model
9th Week Social policy in Turkey: Historical development
10th Week Social policy in Turkey: Contemporary developments
11th Week Women and social policy: Feminist approaches
12th Week Foreigners and social policy: Refugees, migrants
13th Week Unemployment, poverty, working life
14th Week Social policy as a research topic in Political Science
Recommended or Required ReadingAlber, J., ?What the European and American Welfare States have in Common and Where they Differ: Facts and Fiction in Comparisons of the European Social Model and the United States,? Journal of European Social Policy, 2010.

Bommes, M., and A,w Geddes, Immigration And Welfare: Challenging The Borders Of The Welfare State. Routledge, 2003.

Buğra, A., Kapitalizm, Yoksulluk ve Türkiye?de Sosyal Politika, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2008.

Buğra, A. & Keyder, Ç. Sosyal Politika Yazıları. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2006.

Buğra, A. & O. Savaşkan, Türkiye?de Yeni Kapitalizm, İletişim Yayınları, 2014

Çelik, Aziz. ?Muhafazakar Sosyal Politika Yönelimi: Hak Yerine Yardım- Yükümlülük Yerine Hayırseverlik?, İ.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, No.42. Sf:63-81
Esping-Andersen, G., ?Power and Distributional Regimes,? Politics & Society, 1985.

Esping-Andersen, G. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1990.

Esping-Andersen, G. Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999

Ferrera, M., ?The `Southern Model? of the Welfare State in Europe? Journal of European Social Policy, 1996.

Goodin, Robert E., B. Headey, R. Muffels, HJ Dirven, The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Haggard, S. and Robert R. Kaufman, Development, Democracy and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Princeton University Press, 2008.

Jenson, J., ?Who Cares? Gender and Welfare Regimes.? Social Politics, 1997.

Koray, M., Sosyal Politika, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2005.

Koray, M. & Aziz Çelik, Himmet, Fıtrat, Piyasa: AKP Döneminde Sosyal Politika, İletişim Yayınları, 2015.Korpi, W., & Joakim Palme. "The paradox of redistribution and strategies of equality: Welfare state institutions, inequality, and poverty in the Western countries." American sociological review, 1998.

Marshall, T.H., Class, citizenship and social development: Essays by T.H. Marshall, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1964.

O?Connor, J., Ann Shola Orloff & Sheila Shaver, States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Pascall, G. ?Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis?, Psychology Press, 1997.

Pierson, C., ?On the origins of welfare state 1880-1975,? içinde Pierson, Beyond the Welfare State? The New Political Economy of Welfare, Penn State Press, 1998.

Polanyi, K., The Great Transformation, New York: Rinehart, 1944.

Schierup, C.U., P. Hansen, & S. Castles. "Migration, citizenship, and the European welfare state: A European dilemma." OUP Catalogue, 2006.

Swenson, P., ?Varieties of Capitalist Interests: Power, Institutions, and the Regulatory Welfare State in the United States and Sweden.? Studies in American Political Development, 2004.

Tilly, C. Durable Inequality, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999.

Toksöz,G., Kalkınmada Kadın Emeği, Varlık Yayınları, 2011.
Wood, G. and I. Gough, ?A comparative welfare regimes approach to global social policy?, World Development, 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Assignment 2 60
Total(%) 100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 6 84
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 55 55
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 2 60 120
Total Work Load303
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.1
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K3 X
K4 X
K5 X X X
K6 X X X
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K9 X X X
K10 X
K11 X X
K12 X