Challenges of Social Policy in the EU and Turkey

Course content

The objective of the course is to examine the diversity of welfare state and social policy traditions in the European Union(EU)and in Turkey in view of understanding the challenges of social policy in the face of globalization,Europeanization and enlargement.The course focuses on the welfare regime typologies in Europe and the emergence ,development,dynamics and processes of EU social policy.Social policy and welfare state in Turkey will be examined in the context of EU membership,with a view to outlining the implications of EU social policy for Turkey ,as well as the implications of Turkish accession for EU social policy.