Examines the social, economic, cultural and political forces that affect health and illness. Discusses individual experience and narratives of illness, the conceptualization of health and illness in hospitals and institutions and the political economy of health care. Focuses on the creation of medical knowledge, lay-professional interaction, inequalities in health and healthcare and health-related social movements.

Examines law as a mechanism of social regulation and a field of knowledge. Discusses the social construction of crime and criminals. Studies the interaction between class, gender and ethnicity in the judicial system.

Main approaches to various institutions and actors that make up the field of international political economy. Question of who gets what at a global level from a multi-actored, multi-level and multi-disciplinary perspective. Interactions between states, markets, firms, NGOs, and not-for-profit organizations at the local, national, regional, and supranational levels. Global trade, production, finance, and knowledge structures and relations in the context of international organizations, transnational corporations, global financial structures, regional integrations, North-South relations, discourses and practices of development, and problems of global poverty.

Designed to introduce students to the sociological study of social movements in historical and comparative perspective. By focusing on some of the key theories that explain the origins, tactics, and success of social movements, the course examines how political, ideological, economic, organizational, and cultural factors shape social movement emergence and development as well as the diverse ways in which social movements affect political and social change.

Detailed examination of topics in Sociology.

Focuses on micro-sociological perspectives that approach society in bottom-up ways. Discusses our taken-for-granted and seemingly private experiences in everyday life and explores the ways in which larger forces and processes, such as gender, race, ethnicity, and class, are intertwined with the micro processes.

Explores critical theory, neofunctionalist theory, theories on structure and agency, microsociological perspectives, postmodern theory and poststructuralism. Discusses identity politics and difference as framed by postcolonial and feminist theories.

Reviews developments in urban theory and the history of urbanization. Discusses urban trends with special attention to the impact of globalization on cities. Themes include urban regeneration processes, urban poverty, spatial segregation, and urban social movements. Focuses on case studies from Türkiye and diverse geographical settings around the world.

This undergraduate seminar critically explores a variety of political, social, and economic processes through a gendered perspective. The class revisits issues of politics and political economy by focusing on various inequalities that govern the lives of men and women in their everyday lives. The course material is organized so that we discuss themes such as, but not limited to, nation-state formation, citizenship, labor, and development.

Detailed examination of topics in Sociology.