| Economics (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | INR033 | ||||
| Course Name: | Global Social Movements | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. OSMAN CAN ÜNVER | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Doç. Dr. Efe Can Gürcan | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | The course will introduce students to social movements in the Global South. Students will finish with an intermediate-level knowledge on the conditions under which movements emerge and succeed. They will have acquired a broad range of conceptual and analytical tools for examining social movements across a diverse range of countries. |
| Course Content: | This course is aimed at understanding contemporary social movements. The course is important because in recent decades dramatic social movements in different parts of the world have garnered great attention and expressed widespread political desires and frustrations. Those social movements affected global politics totally. This course provides the ability to evaluate the cause and consequences of social movements globally. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will gain the ability to interpret social movements through topics such as working class mobilization, urban mobilization, environmental activism, peasant and indigenous movements, gender activism, civil rights, revolutions, terrorism and ethnicity. 2) Students will finish with an intermediate-level knowledge on the conditions under which movements emerge and succeed. 3) Students will have acquired a broad range of conceptual and analytical tools for examining social movements across a diverse range of countries. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | Revolution, Terrorism, and Political Violence | |
| 3) | Human Rights, Precarity, and Bottom-Up | |
| 4) | Urban Movements in the Global South | |
| 5) | Revolutionary and Labor Movements | |
| 6) | Gender Mobilization | |
| 7) | Climate Change and Environment Activism | |
| 8) | Midterm | |
| 9) | State and Civil Society Relations | |
| 10) | Identity Mobilization | |
| 11) | Identity Mobilization in the Global South | |
| 12) | Peasant and Indigenous Mobilization | |
| 13) | Social-Class Mobilization | |
| 14) | General review | |
| 15) | Final exam |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Steven M. Buechler, Understanding Social Movements: Theories from the Classical Era to the Present, Routledge, 2011 (no purchase required). |
| References: | Steven M. Buechler, Understanding Social Movements: Theories from the Classical Era to the Present, Routledge, 2011 (no purchase required). |
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| 1) They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. | |||||||||||||
| 2) They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. | |||||||||||||
| 3) They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. | |||||||||||||
| 4) They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. | |||||||||||||
| 5) They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. | |||||||||||||
| 6) They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. | |||||||||||||
| 7) Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |||||||||||||
| 8) They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |||||||||||||
| 9) They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. | |||||||||||||
| 10) They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. | |||||||||||||
| 11) Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. | |||||||||||||
| 12) They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |||||||||||||
| 13) They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . | |||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. | |
| 2) | They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. | |
| 3) | They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. | |
| 4) | They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. | |
| 5) | They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. | |
| 6) | They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. | |
| 7) | Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |
| 8) | They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |
| 9) | They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. | |
| 10) | They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. | |
| 11) | Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. | |
| 12) | They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |
| 13) | They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Midterms | 7 | 27 |
| Final | 15 | 56 |
| Total Workload | 125 | |