Course Code and Title: SOS 717-Social Stratification System in Turkey

Course Type: Elective
Course Level: Ph.D.
Year and Semester: Autumn
Course Length: One semesters, total 3 hrs per week
Prerequisite (s): None
Language of Instruction: Turkish
ECTS Credits: 10
Lecturer: Dr.  Serdar Sağlam
Course Contents: Concepts, models, theories, approaches and theorists concerning social stratification. Examining the structure and qualification of social stratification in the ancient Turkish states, Seljuk, Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey.
Course Objectives: The students develop their awareness of theoretical issues concerning social stratification and their interest in conducting research on social stratification in present/past Turkish society. 
Teaching Method: Lectures and classrom discussions
Assessment Method: Written exam (two midterns (% 50) and one final (% 50)
Recommended Reading List:
Heper, Metin. Modernleşme ve Bürokrasi, Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları, 1993.
Tezel, Yahya S. Cumhuriyet Tarihinin İktisadi Tarihi (1923 – 1950), Yurt Yayınları. 1982.
Genç, Mehmet. Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Devlet ve Ekonomi, Ötüken Yayınları, 2000.
Toprak, Zafer. Milli İktisat ve Milli Burjuvazi, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 1995.
Ülgener, Sabri F. İktisadi Çöküşün Ahlak ve Zihniyet Dünyası, DER Yayınları, 1982.
Sayar, Ahmet Güneri. Osmanlı İktisat Düşüncesinin Çağdaşlaşması, DER Yayınları. 1982.
Bianchi, Robert. Interest Groups and Political Development in Turkey, Princeton Universty Pres, Princeton, 1984.
Saunders, Peter. Social Class and Stratification, Londra, Routledge, 1990.
Bren, Richard. Rottman, David. Class Stratification, Londra, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995