Prof. Dr. Yusuf Alper e.posta: yalper@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0.224. 2941104 Tel: 0 530 324 85 66
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Website:
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Objective of the Course:
As the most comprehensive tool of social policy to give basic information about social security
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
To understand the developments and factors behind the changes and regulations regarding social security legislation that concern people's daily lives.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Understanding the importance of social security in Social Policy ;
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Learning social security as a basic human right and a duty of state ;
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Having enough information to compare comparative social security systems ;
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Understanding and learning the establishment phases of a social security system in any country ;
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Learning experiences of developed countries to develop a sustainable social security systems ;
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Learning and understanding the economic, social and cultural characteristics of a social security systems to analysis its effects on main indicators ;
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Learnging revenue sources and financing methods for a sustainable social security system ;
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Learning the factors causing the crisis and discussing solutions for social security systems;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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• The aim of the course, scope, baseline information about the operating principles
The importance of social security in the social policy
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The concept of social security: Definition and properties
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The process of historical development: Traditional and modern social security systems, the period
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Institutional structure of social security: Social Security and Public social security expenditure
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The factors determining the scope and coverage of social security
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Social insurance branches and characteristics
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Social security financing (1): Sources of income
MIDTERM EXAM
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Social security financing (2): Financing Methods
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Social security financing (3): Economic and fiscal impacts
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Social security benefits (1): social insurance
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Social security benefits (2): Public social security
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International dimensions of social security: ILO Conventions and Recommendations
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The Impacts of globalization on social security systems
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The search for the crisis and restructuring of social security systems
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
1) Yusuf Alper (2024) Social Security, Lecture notes, Bursa. 2) Turan Yazgan (1992). Social Security for Economist, İstanbul, 1992; 3) Yusuf Alper (2023), Social Security, The Istanbul University, Istanbul Open and Distance Education Faculty, 4) www.ilo.org/social protection
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Midterm and final exams are made in the form of tests.
Information
Relative evaluation system is used for all exams.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
2
28
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
40
40
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
40
40
Total WorkLoad
150
Total workload/ 30 hr
5
ECTS Credit of the Course
5
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
