210147 SE BAK10: SE International Politics and Development (2018S)
Labour Market Policies in a Comparative Perspective: South Africa and Turkey (engl.)
Continuous assessment of course work
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A registration via u:space during the registration phase is required. Late registrations are NOT possible.
Students who miss the first lesson without prior notification will lose their seat in the course.Follow the principles of good scientific practice.The course instructor may invite students to an oral exam about the student’s written contributions in the course. Plagiarized contributions have the consequence that the course won’t be graded (instead the course will be marked with an ‘X’ in the transcript of records).
Students who miss the first lesson without prior notification will lose their seat in the course.Follow the principles of good scientific practice.The course instructor may invite students to an oral exam about the student’s written contributions in the course. Plagiarized contributions have the consequence that the course won’t be graded (instead the course will be marked with an ‘X’ in the transcript of records).
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 05.02.2018 08:00 to Mo 19.02.2018 08:00
- Registration is open from We 21.02.2018 08:00 to Mo 26.02.2018 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 16.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 02.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Saturday 03.03. 10:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 1 (H1), NIG 2.Stock
- Friday 13.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Saturday 14.04. 10:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
- Friday 04.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Saturday 05.05. 10:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
As midterm exam:
Attendance: 10 of the final mark
Outline - abstract (max. 250 - 300 words) of the planned final paper. (25 % of the final mark)
Deadline: 4 May 2018As final exam
(a paper, 2500 - 3000 words, references excluded) which should (65 % of the final
mark),
Firstly discuss and evaluate the "general dynamics of capitalist exploitation of labour" and “state of labour in the neoliberal age”,
Secondly, concentrate on macroeconomic framework during the 1990s and 2000s of the chosen country by referring what was the specificity of the capitalist development process of the country,
And finally, discuss one of the following issues with regards to the country chosen
• Precarious Work
• Violence at the workplace
• Migration and labour market
In each point, you should take into consideration the related questions at the syllabus.The papers have to include a reference list and be in compliance with the academic writing rules.
Deadline: 15 July 2018
Attendance: 10 of the final mark
Outline - abstract (max. 250 - 300 words) of the planned final paper. (25 % of the final mark)
Deadline: 4 May 2018As final exam
(a paper, 2500 - 3000 words, references excluded) which should (65 % of the final
mark),
Firstly discuss and evaluate the "general dynamics of capitalist exploitation of labour" and “state of labour in the neoliberal age”,
Secondly, concentrate on macroeconomic framework during the 1990s and 2000s of the chosen country by referring what was the specificity of the capitalist development process of the country,
And finally, discuss one of the following issues with regards to the country chosen
• Precarious Work
• Violence at the workplace
• Migration and labour market
In each point, you should take into consideration the related questions at the syllabus.The papers have to include a reference list and be in compliance with the academic writing rules.
Deadline: 15 July 2018
Examination topics
Reading list
Marx, K. (1974) Capital I, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 358 – 378.
Marx, K. (1974) Capital I, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 434 – 453.
Harvey, D. (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford: Oxford University, 5 – 64.
Wolpe, H. (1972) “Capitalism and Cheap Labor Power in South Africa: From Segregation to Apartheid”, Economy and Society, 1(4): 425-456.
Wolpe, H. ve M. Legassick (1976) “Bantustan and Capital Accumulation in South Africa”, Review of African Political Economy, Special Issue on South Africa, 7: 87-107.
Naidoo, V. and A. Maré (2015) “Implementing the National Development Plan? Lessons from Co-ordinating Grand Economic Policies in South Africa”, Politikon (45)3: 407-427.
Bond, P. (2007a) "South Africa Between Neoliberalism and Social Democracy? Respecting Balance while Sharpening Differences", Politikon, 34(2): 125 – 146.
Dickinson, D. (2017) “Contracting out of the Constitution: Labour Brokers, Post Office Casual Workers and the Failure of South Africa’s Industrial Relations Framework”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43(4): 789-803.
Webster, E., K. Joynt and T. Sefalafala (2016) “Informalization and Decent work: Labour’s challenge”, Progress in Development Studies, 162(2), 203 – 218.
Scully, B. (2016) “From the shop floor to the kitchen table: the shifting centre of precarious workers’ politics in South Africa”, Review of African Political Economy, 43 (148): 295 – 311.
Webster, E. (2017) “Marikana and Beyond: New Dynamics in Strikes in South Africa”, Global Labour Column, 8(2): 139 – 158.
Chinguno, C. (2013) Marikana: fragmentation, precariousness, strike violence and solidarity, Review of African Political Economy, 40(138): 639-646.
Barchiesi, F. (2016) “The Violence of Work: Revisiting South Africa’s ‘Labour Question’ Through Precarity and Anti-Blackness”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 42(5): 875-891.
Bassett C. (2017) “From Worker Mobilisation to Policy Engagement: NALEDI and the Remaking of COSATU in the 1990s”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43(4): 771-787.
Chinguno, C. (2015) “The unmaking and remaking of industrial relations: the case of Impala Platinum and the 2012–2013 platinum strike wave”, Review of African Political Economy, 42 (146): 577 – 590.
Onaran, O. and Oyvat, C. (2015) “Political Economy of Inequality, Redistribution and boom-bust Cycles in Turkey”, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre 16, GPERC: Greenwich.
Herr, H. and Z. M. Sonat (2013) “Neoliberal unshared growth regime of Turkey in the post-2001 period”, GLU Working Papers No: 19, Berlin: GLU.
Aydın, Zülküf (2013) “Global crisis, Turkey and the Regulation of Economic Crisis”, Capital&Class, 37(1), 95–109.
Dinler, D. S. (2016) “New forms of wage labour and struggle in the informal sector: the case of waste pickers in Turkey”, Third World Quarterly, 37:10, 1834-1854.
Oguz, S. (2013) “Turning the Crisis into an Opportunity: Turkish State’s Response to the 2008 Crisis”, in B. Karaagac (Ed.), Accumulations, Crisis, and Struggles: Capital and Labour in Contemporary Capitalism, Verlag, 193 - 211.
Ceritoglu, E., H., B. Gurcihan Yunculer, H. Torun and S. Tumen (2017) “The Impact of Syrian Refugees On Natives’ Labor Market Outcomes In Turkey: Evidence From A Quasi-Experimental Design”, Journal of Labour Policy, (6) 5: 1 – 28.
Okyay, A. S. (2017) “Labour Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Germany and Turkey: Challenges and Prospects”, Global Turkey in Eourope Working Paper 18.
Ercan, F. and S. Oguz (2007) “Rethinking Anti-Neoliberal Strategies through the Perspective of Value Theory: Insights from the Turkish Case”, Science&Society, (71)2: 183 – 202.
Çelik, A. (2015) “The Wave of Strikes and Resistances of the Metal Workers of 2015 in Turkey” 4(10): 21-37, London: Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey
Gürcan, E. C. and E. Peker (2015) “A class analytic approach to the Gezi Park events: Challenging the ‘middle class’ myth”, Capital & Class, 39(2) 321 –343.
Marx, K. (1974) Capital I, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 434 – 453.
Harvey, D. (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford: Oxford University, 5 – 64.
Wolpe, H. (1972) “Capitalism and Cheap Labor Power in South Africa: From Segregation to Apartheid”, Economy and Society, 1(4): 425-456.
Wolpe, H. ve M. Legassick (1976) “Bantustan and Capital Accumulation in South Africa”, Review of African Political Economy, Special Issue on South Africa, 7: 87-107.
Naidoo, V. and A. Maré (2015) “Implementing the National Development Plan? Lessons from Co-ordinating Grand Economic Policies in South Africa”, Politikon (45)3: 407-427.
Bond, P. (2007a) "South Africa Between Neoliberalism and Social Democracy? Respecting Balance while Sharpening Differences", Politikon, 34(2): 125 – 146.
Dickinson, D. (2017) “Contracting out of the Constitution: Labour Brokers, Post Office Casual Workers and the Failure of South Africa’s Industrial Relations Framework”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43(4): 789-803.
Webster, E., K. Joynt and T. Sefalafala (2016) “Informalization and Decent work: Labour’s challenge”, Progress in Development Studies, 162(2), 203 – 218.
Scully, B. (2016) “From the shop floor to the kitchen table: the shifting centre of precarious workers’ politics in South Africa”, Review of African Political Economy, 43 (148): 295 – 311.
Webster, E. (2017) “Marikana and Beyond: New Dynamics in Strikes in South Africa”, Global Labour Column, 8(2): 139 – 158.
Chinguno, C. (2013) Marikana: fragmentation, precariousness, strike violence and solidarity, Review of African Political Economy, 40(138): 639-646.
Barchiesi, F. (2016) “The Violence of Work: Revisiting South Africa’s ‘Labour Question’ Through Precarity and Anti-Blackness”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 42(5): 875-891.
Bassett C. (2017) “From Worker Mobilisation to Policy Engagement: NALEDI and the Remaking of COSATU in the 1990s”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43(4): 771-787.
Chinguno, C. (2015) “The unmaking and remaking of industrial relations: the case of Impala Platinum and the 2012–2013 platinum strike wave”, Review of African Political Economy, 42 (146): 577 – 590.
Onaran, O. and Oyvat, C. (2015) “Political Economy of Inequality, Redistribution and boom-bust Cycles in Turkey”, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre 16, GPERC: Greenwich.
Herr, H. and Z. M. Sonat (2013) “Neoliberal unshared growth regime of Turkey in the post-2001 period”, GLU Working Papers No: 19, Berlin: GLU.
Aydın, Zülküf (2013) “Global crisis, Turkey and the Regulation of Economic Crisis”, Capital&Class, 37(1), 95–109.
Dinler, D. S. (2016) “New forms of wage labour and struggle in the informal sector: the case of waste pickers in Turkey”, Third World Quarterly, 37:10, 1834-1854.
Oguz, S. (2013) “Turning the Crisis into an Opportunity: Turkish State’s Response to the 2008 Crisis”, in B. Karaagac (Ed.), Accumulations, Crisis, and Struggles: Capital and Labour in Contemporary Capitalism, Verlag, 193 - 211.
Ceritoglu, E., H., B. Gurcihan Yunculer, H. Torun and S. Tumen (2017) “The Impact of Syrian Refugees On Natives’ Labor Market Outcomes In Turkey: Evidence From A Quasi-Experimental Design”, Journal of Labour Policy, (6) 5: 1 – 28.
Okyay, A. S. (2017) “Labour Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Germany and Turkey: Challenges and Prospects”, Global Turkey in Eourope Working Paper 18.
Ercan, F. and S. Oguz (2007) “Rethinking Anti-Neoliberal Strategies through the Perspective of Value Theory: Insights from the Turkish Case”, Science&Society, (71)2: 183 – 202.
Çelik, A. (2015) “The Wave of Strikes and Resistances of the Metal Workers of 2015 in Turkey” 4(10): 21-37, London: Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey
Gürcan, E. C. and E. Peker (2015) “A class analytic approach to the Gezi Park events: Challenging the ‘middle class’ myth”, Capital & Class, 39(2) 321 –343.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:38
capitalism in Turkey, macroeconomic policy framework in South Africa and Turkey during the 1990s and 2000s, and current developments in labour markets in both countries with particular focus on precarious work, violence at the workplace, migration, and organizing/resistance. By evaluating the changes in the structure of employment and patterns of work, the meaning and composition of the working class, trade unions and the challenges they currently face in South Africa and Turkey, the course also aims to discuss with the students the differences and commonalities of capitalist mode of production.
Students are expected to read the key/compulsory readings and actively contribute to the discussions in the classes. Any reading suggestion from students are welcomed.