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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | CEK521 | THE AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND LABOR PROCESS | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Second Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | The aim of the course is to describe and outline of agrarian change debate in the historical context and to explore the influences of current developments in agriculture sector in Turkey and the world on labor market and working relations in the light of these discussions. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Yrd.Doç.Dr. Umut ULUKAN | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Students will be able to explain the agrarian question debates in historical context. | | 2 | Students will be able to describe labour process approach. | | 3 | Students will be able to follow contemporary debates on agrarian and rural change in the world. | | 4 | Students will be able to evaluate new labour regimes in agriculture. | | 5 | Students will be able to analyze agricultural transformation in Turkey. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Formal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | Classical agrarian change debate
petty commodity production in agriculture , agri-food systems, new food regime,
new labour relations in agriculture
New production forms in agriculture, contemporary theories and debates on agrarian change | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | classical debate on agrarian change: Marx Lenin Kautsky Chayanov and "peasant economy", Articulation of Modes of Production | | | | 2 | classical debate on agrarian change: Marx Lenin Kautsky Chayanov and "peasant economy", Articulation of Modes of Production | | | | 3 | Petty commodity production in agriculture, Agri-foos systems, new food regime | | | | 4 | New forms of production in agriculture, contemporary debates and theories | | | | 5 | New forms of production in agriculture, contemporary debates and theories | | | | 6 | New labour relations in agriculture: Latin America, Asia, Africa | | | | 7 | New labour relations in agriculture: Latin America, Asia, Africa | | | | 8 | New labour relations in agriculture: Latin America, Asia, Africa | | | | 9 | Mid term exam | | | | 10 | New labour relations in agriculture: Turkey.. Agrarian change in Turkey with statistics. | | | | 11 | Seasonal Agricultural Workers and foreign migrant labour in Agriculture | | | | 12 | New labour relations in agriculture: Turkey. Peasant Organizations | | | | 13 | New labour relations in agriculture: Analyzing Turkey's agricultural sector wih different products such as hazelnut, tea, cotton, olives, corn etc.. | | | | 14 | New labour relations in agriculture: Analyzing Turkey's agricultural sector wih different products such as hazelnut, tea, cotton, olives, corn etc.. | | | | 15 | New labour relations in agriculture: Analyzing Turkey's agricultural sector wih different products such as hazelnut, tea, cotton, olives, corn etc.. | | | | 16 | General discussion | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Ulukan, U. (2009) Türkiye Tarımında Yapısal Dönüşüm ve Sözleşmeli Çiftçilik, (İstanbul: SAV Yayınları.)
Veltmeyer, H. (2009), “The World Bank on Agriculture for Development: A Failure of Imagination or the Power of Ideology?” Journal of Peasant Studies (Cilt:36, No:2) 393-410.
Vergopoulos, K. (1978) “Capitalism and Peasant Productivity”, Journal of Peasant Studies, (Cilt. 5, No. 4)
Watts, M. (1994) “Life under Contract: Contract Farming, Agrian Restructuring and Flexible Accumulation”. P. D. Little ve M. J. Watts (ed.). Living under Contract içinde. London: The University of Wisconsin Pres, 21-77.
World Bank (2008) World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development, http://econ.worldbank.org/ [Erişim 17.12.2009].
Yenal, D. ve Yenal, Z. (1993) “2000 Yılına Doğru Dünyada Gıda ve Tarım”, Toplum ve Bilim, 56 Bahar.
Yenal, N. Z. (2001) “Türkiye’de Tarım ve Gıda Üretiminin Yeniden Yapılanması ve Uluslararasılaşması”. Toplum ve Bilim, 88: 32-54.
| | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Attending Lectures | 16 | 3 | 48 | | Discussion | 10 | 3 | 30 | | Team/Group Work | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Report Preparation | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Report Presentation | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Project Preparation | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Project Presentation | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Self Study | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | LO2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | LO3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | LO4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | LO5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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