GLOBAL INEQUALITY

PSIR563

Course Code: PSIR563
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Nazlı Şenses Özcan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Develop a perspective on the process of globalization.
Analyze the discussions over development and underdevelopment, and the North-South division from different perspectives.
Develop a perspective on the inequalities aggravated by globalization.
Develop a perspective on the possible solutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

The globalization process, which has been an inevitable phenomenon in today's world, introduces many changes and transformations. One of the most significant changes is the fact that inequality increases globally. Neoliberal capitalist globalization has resulted in increasing inequalities at global, regional and local levels. The objective of this course is to study the inequality phenomenon that emerges in different levels and analyze the different dimensions of inequality. On the other hand, the alternative globalization models which may enable the minimization of inequality will also be discussed within the scope of the course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: What is Globalization?
2^nd Week	Neolibralism and its global repercussions
3^rd Week	Debates on development and underdevelopment
4^th Week	Debates on development and underdevelopment
5^th Week	Inequality: where and how?
6^th Week	Gender
7^th Week	Health
8^th Week	Mid-Term Exam
9^th Week	Education
10^th Week	Environment
11^th Week	Identity
12^th Week	Justice: Issues of distribution and redistribution
13^th Week	North-South Division?
14^th Week	İnequality: is it unavoidable?

Recommended or Required Reading

David Held & Ayşe Kaya (eds.), Global Inequality: patterns and explanations. (Cambridge, UK and Malden, MA: Polity Pres, 2007).
David Held & A. McGrew (eds.) The Global Transformations Reader, (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000), 230-238.
Beitz, Charles R., "Does Global Inequality Matter?" Metaphilosophy, 32(1-2) (Jan. 2001).
Jan Nederveen Pieterse, "Global Inequality: Bringing politics back in" Third World Quarterly, 23 (6), (2002).
J.T. Olson, "Perceptions of Global Inequality: a Call for Research," Social Justice Research, 10 (19), 1997.
Branco Milanovic, Worlds Apart: measuring International and Global Inequality (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005).
J.T. Roberts & B.C. Parks, A Climate of Injustice:Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy (MIT: 2007)
M. A. Seligson and J.T. Passe-Smith (eds.), Development and Underdevelopment:The Political Economy of Global Inequality, (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Assignment	2	50
Other	1	10
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	3	3
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 Load			304
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.13
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X
K2		X	X	X
K3
K4
K5	X	X		X
K6
K7		X	X	X
K8	X	X	X	X