GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CLASS AND POLITICS/5930041

Course Title:	CLASS AND POLITICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Dr. Suna Başak

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/subasak

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

subasak@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Understands the concept of the class in the industrial societies within the context of paradigm transformations.
Discusses the transitions from "social class" to "social" movement" and political consequences of these transitions.
Has information about main sociological debates in the contemporary World.
Develops insightful glance towards the ideas about the future of social classes.
Gains critical thinking skills.
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Functional Stratification Theory and Its Criticism
2. Week	Conflictual Class Theory and Its Criticism
3. Week	Producer and non-producer labor, forms of class relations, structuring of class relations and formation of class consciousness
4. Week	Weberian Criticism: Class and Status Groups
5. Week	Confrontational Structuralism's Class Concepts: Lewis Coser, Ralph Dahrendorf and Gerhard Lenski
6. Week	Theory of Social Movements and New Social Movements
7. Week	Alain Touraine in the Context of New Social Movements: "Programmed Society"
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	Development of Middle Class
10. Week	Working class in capitalist society
11. Week	Class and Party in Capitalist and Socialist Societies
12. Week	Classes in Contemporary Societies
13. Week	The Future of Class Society
14. Week	Discussion
15. Week	Discussion
16. Week	Final exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1-Pierre Bourdieu; Pratik Nedenler / Eylem Kuramı Üzerine, (çev.) Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, Hil Yayinları, İstanbul, 2006. 2-Anthony Giddens; İleri Toplumların Sınıf Yapısı, (çev.) Ömer Baldık, Birey Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1999. 3-Wright Mills; Toplumbilimsel Düşün, (çev.) Ünsal Oskay, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007. 4-Wright Mills; İktidar Seçkinleri, (çev.) Ünsal Oskay, Bilgi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1974. 5-Alain Touraine; Eşitliklerimiz ve Farklılıklarımızla Birlikte Yaşayabilecek miyiz?, (çev) Olcay Kunal, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. 6-Alain Touraine; Modernliğin Eleştirisi, (çev.) Hülya Tufan, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000. 7-Alain Touraine; Kadınların Dünyası, (çev.) Mehmet Moralı, Kırmızı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

None

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	4	3	12
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	8	5	40
Presentation	14	3	42
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	10	10
Final and Studying for Final	1	15	15
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			189
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.56
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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