Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
1SOC 519Social Policy and Society3+0+038

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program PhD Program in Sociology (English)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course 1. To explore important concepts in the field of social policy, including social citizenship, de-commodification, and welfare regimes.
2. To examine the historical foundations of welfare regimes and the forces driving their variations
3. To analyze contemporary policy issues affecting welfare regimes, including globalization, demographic ageing, labor market instability, and equality
4. To critically analyze the Turkish welfare regime and contemporary social policies in Turkey
Course Content This course is intended to introduce students to the key contemporary issues in the field. During the semester one of the objectives will be comprehending how economic activities are shaped, facilitated, altered, and impeded by social relations and social institutions. This course is an introduction to the study of social policy and welfare. It is designed to provide an overview of comparative cross-national social policies, particularly in OECD countries and Turkey. The main focal point of the course is on the theory and practice of social policies and their applications in different countries. In this course, students will learn the changing nature of the welfare state and specific issues on welfare distribution and contemporary socio-economic challenges that are essential to understanding these changes. The course will review the major social policies and programs that guide the delivery of social policies. The influences of class, gender, race, and other factors on the structure social policies will also be examined.
Since social policy is such a broad area, certain key topics may absent from the syllabus. For the detailed topics, concepts, and discussions please read the suggested readings and consult with your instructor.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Offe, C. 1984. Contradictions of the Welfare State. London: Hutchinson.
O’Connor, J. 1973. Fiscal Crisis of the State. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Trigilia, C. [1998] 2002. “Modernization and Development of Backward Areas.” in Economic Sociology State Market a Society. Blackwell Publishers. Pg. 147-165.
Mares, I. and M. E. Carnes. 2009. “Social Policy in Developing Countries.” Annual Review of Political Science 12: 93-113.
Paul, P. 2000. The New Politics of the Welfare State. Oxford University Press.
Attendance, academic integrity, including collaboration and plagiarism

Attendance is critical to your success. Students are required to attend all of the class sessions. They are responsible from class lectures and seminar videos. No attendance credit will be given to students who miss class due to illness, or any other emergency.

Plagiarism and cheating are serious scholastic offences. All required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the university for the detection of plagiarism.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Quizzes 1 % 15
Assignment 1 % 15
Attendance 1 % 20
Practice 1 % 10
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
5
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Assignments 6 3 18
Presentation 1 5 5
Project 1 48 48
Final examination 1 96 96
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 8 251

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Critically discuss significant concepts in social policy such as social citizenship and welfare regimes.
2 Discuss the roots of the welfare regimes found in the past historical periods in relation to the present-day practices.
3 Evaluate policy issues in the contemporary era, which have an impact on globalization, labor market and demographic ageing.
4 Analyze the welfare regime in Turkish case along with its past practices.


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to the Course George, V., & George, V. 2010. Major thinkers in welfare: contemporary issues in historical perspective. Policy Press. pp 1-40
2 Concepts: Social Policy and Welfare Paul Spicker 2008 “Welfare in Society” in Social Policy pp. 1-30 Baldwin, Peter 1990. The politics of social solidarity: Class bases of the European welfare state 1875- 1975. Ch. 1 Introduction: Welfare, redistribution and solidarity pp. 1-54.
3 Theories 1 Maurice Mullard and Paul Spicker. 1998. “Old paradigms: how we used to think of society.” in Social Policy in a Changing Society. Routledge pp. 1-86.
4 Theories 2 Mel Cousins 2005 “Welfare State Theories” in European Welfare States. Palgrave pg. 28-50. Myles, John and Jill S. Quadagno (2002). Political theories of the welfare state. Social Service Review, 76(1), 34-57.
5 Gender Orloff, Ann Shola (1993). Gender and the social rights of citizenship. The comparative analysis of gender relations and welfare states. American Sociological Review, 58(June), 303-328. Walby, Sylvia (2004). The European Union and gender equality: Emerging varieties of gender regime. Social Politics 11, 4-29.
6 Origins and the Development of the Welfare State C. Pierson 2007 “From the Beginning to the Golden Age 1880-1975” in Beyond the Welfare State pg. 102-141 Pierson, Paul (1996). The new politics of the welfare state, in World Politics, 48(2), 143-179.
7 Reconstruction Taylor-Gooby, Peter (2004). New risks and social change. In Peter Taylor-Gooby (ed.) New risks, new welfare: The transformation of the European welfare state Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 1-28). Bonoli, Giuliano (2005). The politics of the new social policies: Providing coverage against new social risks in mature welfare states. Policy & Politics, 33(3), 431-449.
8 Social Policies in Contemporary Turkey Aysan, M. F. (2018). Between risks and opportunities: Social policies in contemporary Turkey. In Turkish Economy (pp. 101-120). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Aysan, M. F. (2013). Reforms and challenges: The Turkish pension regime revisited. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 49(sup5), 148-162.
9 Social Policies in the World Deacon, Bob (2000). Eastern European Welfare States: The Impact of the Politics of Globalization. Journal of European Social Policy, 10(2), 146-161. Park, Chan-ung. And Jung, Dongchul (2009). Making Sense of the Asian Welfare Regimes. Korean Journal of Sociology, 43(3), 57-85. Jawad, R., & Yakut-Cakar, B. (2010). Religion and social policy in the Middle East: The (re) constitution of an old-new partnership. Social Policy & Administration, 44(6), 658-672. Mares, I. and M. E. Carnes. 2009. “Social Policy in Developing Countries.” Annual Review of Political Science 12: 93-113.
10 Classifying Welfare States 1 Esping-Andersen, G. 1990. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Princeton University Press. pp. 1-105, 221-230 Arts, W. and J. Gelissen. 2002. “Three worlds of welfare capitalism or more? A state-of the-art report.” Journal of European Social Policy 12(2): 137—158.
11 Classifying Welfare States 2 Esping-Andersen, G. 1999. Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford University Press. pp. 13-94 Esping-Andersen, G. 1999. Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford University Press. pp. 145-170
12 Welfare State Today Korpi, W. and J. Palme. 2003. “New politics and class politics in the context of austerity and globalization: Welfare state regress in 18 countries, 1975-1995.” American Political Science Review 97(3): 425-446. Orloff, A. 1993. “Gender and the social rights of citizenship: The comparative analysis of gender relations and welfare states.” American Sociological Review 58: 303-328. McDonald, Peter (2006). Low fertility and the state: The efficacy of policy. Population and Development Review, 32, 485-510.
13 Globalization, Crisis, and Welfare States 1 Offe, Claus (1984). Contradictions of the welfare state. London: Hutchinson. Ch. 3 Social policy and the theory of the state (pp. 88-118). Jessop, B. 1993. “Towards a Schumpeterian Workfare State? Preliminary Remarks on a Post-Fordist Political Economy.” Studies in Political Economy 40: 7-39.
14 Globalization, Crisis, and Welfare States 2 Pierson, Paul (2001). Coping with permanent austerity. Welfare state restructuring in affluent democracies. In Paul Pierson (ed.) The new politics of the welfare state (pp. 410-456). Oxford: Oxford University Bonoli, Giuliano (2005). The politics of the new social policies: Providing coverage against new social risks in mature welfare states. Policy & Politics, 33(3), 431-449.
15 Summary and Review Trigilia, C. [1998] 2002. “Modernization and Development of Backward Areas.” in Economic Sociology State Market a Society. Blackwell Publishers. Pg. 147-165. Taylor-Gooby, P. 2004. “New risks and social change.” In New risks, new welfare: The transformation of the European welfare state. P. Taylor-Gooby ed. Oxford University Press. Pg. 1-28.


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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