Dersin Ayrıntıları

Yarıyıl	Kodu	Adı	T+U+L	Kredi	AKTS
3	POLS 205	Local Governments	3+0+0	3	5

Dersin Detayları

Dersin Dili	İngilizce
Dersin Düzeyi	Lisans
Bölümü / Programı	Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi(İngilizce)
Öğrenim Türü	Örgün Öğretim
Dersin Türü	Zorunlu
Dersin Amacı	The purpose of this course is twofold. The first part of the course is designed to understand the role, structure and working practices of local governments with a particular focus on local governments in Turkey. The second part of the course focuses on the growing significance of local governments in contemporary politics and investigates the pathways that improve local capacities to deliver equitable and effective services in urban settings.
Dersin İçeriği	Local government institutions: i) Learn about the function, roles and responsibilities of local government in unitary systems of government, ii) Examine the legal framework for the organization, functioning and competences of local governments in Turkey, particularly after the introduction of local administration reforms. • Local politics: i) Investigate elections and political representation in local governments, ii) Investigate the relationship between central government and local governments in Turkey within the framework of decentralization debate. • Local government policies: i) Investigate the scope of local government policies and incentives for promoting urban development with a particular purpose on under-resourced municipalities, ii) Plan and conduct field work research on local government practices that promote local economic development in Turkey. Part 2 • From local governments to local governance: i) Discuss the growing significance of local government in dealing with challenges facing urban settings in developing countries. ii) Reflect on the conceptual shift from local governments to localgovernance. • New approaches to local governance: i) Rethink the relationship between local governments and citizens through the lenses of ‘participatory local governance’. ii)Reflect on the alternative pathways to improve local governments based on the concept of ‘enhanced local governance’ and ‘municipal innovation’. International aspect of local governance: Examine the role of UN, UNDP and EU in strengthening local government capacities in Turkey.
Dersin Yöntem ve Teknikleri
Ön Koşulları	Yok
Dersin Koordinatörü	Yok
Dersi Verenler	Dr.Öğretim Üyesi Julinda Hoxha
Dersin Yardımcıları	Yok
Dersin Staj Durumu	Yok

Ders Kaynakları

Kaynaklar	Heywood, A. (2013) Politics. Fourth Edition, Basingstoke, [England] : Palgrave Macmillan.
	Heywood, A. (2013) Politics. Fourth Edition, Basingstoke, [England] : Palgrave Macmillan. (pp. 385-389)

Ders Yapısı

Sosyal Bilimler

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Planlanan Öğrenme Aktiviteleri ve Metodları

Etkinlikler ayrıntılı olarak "Değerlendirme" ve "İş Yükü Hesaplaması" bölümlerinde verilmiştir.

Değerlendirme Ölçütleri

Yarıyıl Çalışmaları	Sayısı	Katkı
Ara Sınav	1	% 30
Devam	1	% 10
Proje	1	% 20
Yarıyıl Sonu Sınavı	1	% 40
Toplam :	4	% 100

AKTS Hesaplama İçeriği

Etkinlik	Sayısı	Süre	Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)
Ders Süresi	14	3	42
Sınıf Dışı Ç. Süresi	14	3	42
Ödevler	14	1	14
Ara Sınavlar	1	2	2
Proje	1	40	40
Yarıyıl Sonu Sınavı	1	2	2
Toplam İş Yükü			AKTS Kredisi : 5 142

Dersin Öğrenme Çıktıları: Bu dersin başarılı bir şekilde tamamlanmasıyla öğrenciler şunları yapabileceklerdir:

Sıra No	Açıklama
1	Understand how local governments in Turkey function and how they have evolved over time;
2	demonstrate an understanding of the local politics in Turkey through an investigation of local elections and voting patterns as well as changing role of municipalities vis-à-vis the central government;
3	examine how local governments influence the development of public policies in collaboration with other actors at the local level;
4	Identify new approaches to local governance through concepts such as ‘participatory local governance’ and ‘enhanced local governance’
5	Gain practical knowledge on local government practices through field work research.

Ders Konuları

Hafta	Konu	Dökümanlar
1	Local Governments In Unitary Systems	Heywood, A. (2013) Politics. Fourth Edition, Basingstoke, [England] : Palgrave Macmillan. (pp. 385-389)
2	Local Government Institutions I – The Legal Framework for Local Government Function and Services in Turkey	Metropolitan Municipality Law No. 5216 (2004) Available at https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2004/07/20040723.htm Municipality Law No. 5393 (2005) Available at https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuatmetin/1.5.5393.pdf Law No. 6360 On Metropolitan Municipality System (2012) Available at https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm
3	Local Government Institutions II – Local Governments and New Public Management Reforms	Tan, E. (2020). Quo vadis? The local government in Turkey after public management reforms. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 86(1), 115-133. Çetin, Z. Ö. (2015). The reflections of new public management on local government laws in Turkey. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6(4), 36-36.
4	Local Politics I: Local Elections and Political Representation	Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (2019) Local elections in Turkey and Mayoral re-run in Istanbul, Available at https://rm.coe.int/local-elections-in-turkey-and-mayoral-re-run-in-istanbul-committee-on-/1680981fcf Betts, A., MemiŞoĞlu, F., & Ali, A. (2021). What difference do mayors make? The role of municipal authorities in Turkey and Lebanon’s response to Syrian refugees. Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(1), 491-519 Joppien, C. (2017). Municipal Politics in Turkey: Local Government and Party Organization. Routledge
5	Local Politics II: Decentralization Debate and Democratic Subsidiary Principle in Local Governments	Akilli, H., & Akilli, H. S. (2014). Decentralization and recentralization of local governments in Turkey. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 140, 682-686.
6	Local Policies I: Local Government Policies and Incentives for Promoting Urban Development	Krebs, T. B., & Fleischmann, A. (2020). “Local Government Policy-Making and Services.” In Understanding urban politics: Institutions, representation, and policies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. (pp. 204-225)
7	Local Policies II: The Potential and Limitations of Policy Making in Under-Resourced Municipalities	Kayasü, S., & Yetişkul, E. (2016). Evolving legal and institutional frameworks of neoliberal urban policies in Turkey. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 31(2). OECD The role of local governments in economic development policy Available at: (oecd-ilibrary.org) (Plan and conduct field work research on the case of SMEs operating in OSTIM Organized Industrial Zone located in Ankara, Turkey)
8	Midterm
9	Reflecting on the Conceptual Shift: From Local Government to Local Governance	Shah, A. & Shah, S. The New Vision of Local Governance and the Evolving Roles of Local Governments, in Shah, A. (Ed.). Local governance in developing countries. World Bank Publications
10	Enhanced Local Governance: Municipal Innovation in Turkey	Ozcurumez, S. & Hoxha, J. (forthcoming in New Perspectives on Turkey) “Expanding the Boundaries of the Local: Entrepreneurial Municipalism and Migration Governance in Turkey” Lowndes, V., & Polat, R. K. (2021). How do local actors interpret, enact and contest policy? An analysis of local government responses to meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Local Government Studies, 1-24. (develop creative and varied responses to meeting refugee needs)
11	Participatory Local Governance: Citizen Representation and City Councils	Elif, G. (2020). A Critical Evaluation Of The City Councils In Turkey: Institutional, External Environmental And Legislative Aspects. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 16(29), 2093-2107. Gökçe-Kızılkaya, S., & Onursal-Beşgül, Ö. (2017). Youth participation in local politics: City councils and youth assemblies in Turkey. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 17(1), 97-112. Tosun, K. E., & Keskin, E. B. (2015). City councils as a means of local participation in Turkey during the EU membership process: the investigation of the awareness of the Bursa city council. Yönetim ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 13(3), 363-375. Demiral, B. (2014). Urban civil structures effect in the development of governance concept in developing countries: the case of city councils in Turkey. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 143, 1006-1010
12	International Aspect of Local Governance I: Europeanization and the local level	Gumel, F. (2017). The effects of European Negotiatory state of Turkey on local management. Journal of Humanities Insights, 1(02), 54-59. Eliçin, Y. (2011). The Europeanization of Turkey: Reform in local governments. Uluslararası İktisadi ve İdari İncelemeler Dergisi, (7).
13	International Aspect of Local Governance II: International Organizations and Local Government Support	UNDP - Local Administration Reform Available at: https://www.undp.org/turkiye/projects/local-administration-reform-project-phase-iii UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Available at: https://unhabitat.org/urban-profiling-in-humanitarian-and-development-contexts-a-guide-for-turkish-municipalities
14	Presentation: Preliminary data and results of the field work	“The role of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality in developing training skills for SMEs operating in OSTIM Organized Industrial Zone located in Ankara, Turkey”

Dersin Program Çıktılarına Katkısı

	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10
Tüm	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	2
Ö1	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	2
Ö2	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	2
Ö3	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	2
Ö4	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	2
Ö5	5	5	5	3	4	3	4	3	1	2

Katkı Düzeyi: 1: Çok Düşük 2: Düşük 3: Orta 4: Yüksek 5: Çok Yüksek

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