ADM4344 LABOUR MARKET ISSUES IN TURKEY
| Course Code: | 3104344 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ASUMAN GÖKSEL |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- The dynamics of neoliberal transformation of labour markets in Europe and in Turkey in a broader political, social and economic context
- The major legal and institutional framework governing the labour market in Turkey
- The major programmes and policy instruments of labour market and employment policy in Turkey
- The critical perspectives and debates around labour market issues in Turkey.
Course Content
The course aims to familiarize students with the issues of neo-liberal transformation and changing
understanding of labour market in Turkey throughout the 2000s, especially exacerbated with the heavy conditionality from international organisations such as the European Union, World Bank and International Monetary Fund. In this context, policy areas to be analyzed include labour market, labour relations and labour law, gender equality, social security, employment, informal labour market and child labour. For each issue, the course will lead to systematic exploration of the actual policy problems and situation in Turkey, the basic institutional and legal framework, as well as the policies made and implemented in Turkey, from a critical perspective.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- grasp and apply the theoretical foundations and concepts for analysing the labour market in Turkey
- identify critical perspectives and debates related to the labour market, as well as labour market policy, in Turkey and assess their added-value and limitations from a critical perspective
- utilise new analytical skills and theoretical perspectives to evaluate policies and programmes implemented in Turkey
- frame the contemporary changes and discussions including the social, economic, and political factors that shape the labour marketin Turkey.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to reach the information they need in their daily lives, and to interpret it | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Being in command of the basic concepts of law | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Understanding the political, economical, and social transformations that occur in a wide range of areas including local and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Defining and solving problems encountered in political, social, and economic life | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being conscious, effective and rational citizens who can comprehend the transformations taking place in Turkey and in the world today | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Being professionals who can operate as productive participants in any public organization | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Having the knowledge about how public organizations function and how their decision making processes and mechanisms work | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Developing original solutions to the problems faced in relation to their own area of interest | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Critical thinking ability | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being in command of the interdisciplinary approaches | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution