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
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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, Sosyal Güvenlik, Ders Notları, Bursa 2009: 2) Turan Yazgan, İktisatçılar İçin Sosyal Güvenlik Ders Notları, İstanbul, 1992; 3) ILO, The Introduction to Social Security, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 1984 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
Information
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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
3
42
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
30
30
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
36
36
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
