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Course Name	Turkish	Ekonomik Küreselleşme
	English	Economic Globalization
Course Code	IKT 527	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Derya Gültekin
Course Objectives		1. to give an understanding of the extension of global economy and the basic dynamics behind the phenomenon of globalization. 2. to discuss the strategies of transnational corporations and national states as the main actors that shape the process of globalization at the levels of local, regional and global scales. 3. to grasp the effects of the process of globalization on developed and developing countries.
Course Description		Globalization concept and globalization debates; global trends in production, trade and direct investments; transnational corporations and the geography of transnational production networks; theoretical approaches on the power of nation state vis-à-vis globalization; variations in state economic policies in different country cases; the bargaining relationship between states and transnational corporations; effects of globalization on different segments of socieities in both developed and developing countries; Turkey in global economy.
Course Outcomes		By successfully completing this unit, students will: I. I. Show an understanding of the processes of economic globalization at the local, regional and global levels and the interactions among them, II. Grasp the strategies of transnational corporations as an important actor in the process of globalization and also how those strategies reshape global economic map, III. Show an understanding of various thoreies on the relationship between globalization and state and be able to apply these theories to current and historical events, IV. Discuss state economic policies comparatively in different country cases, V. Evaluate the underlying dynamics of the bargaining relationship between transnational corporations and states on the basis of case studies. VI. Distinguish the effects of economic globalization on different segments of socieities both in developed and developing countries. VII. Grasp the place of the Turkish economy within global economy with a historical perspective. VIII. Develop their ability to present information clearly and succinctly in both written and oral form.
Pre-requisite(s)		no
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Peter Dicken, Global Shift-Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy , 2011 (6th. Edition), the Guildford Press: New York.
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