COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

The Local Government II course is a basic course of Public Administration and shows the students the administrative and financial changes associated with the local government structure. It is aimed to teach the developments regarding the necessary arrangements needed in the restructuring process in Turkey and to provide the internalization of local democracy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Zerrin Toprak (2014); Yerel Yönetimler, Siyasal Yayınevi , Ankara
Kalkınma Bakanlığı Raporları
TOPRAK, Zerrin Karaman(2009); Participation to the public life and becoming organized at local level in Romani settlements in Izmir, Land Use Policy, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2009,
KARAMAN, Zerrin (2008); Willingness of Foreign Retired Residents to Participate in Local Public Life and Strategic Approaches to Relationship Networks Within the Local Community; Example of Antalya, Turkey European Journal of Economic and Political Studies(EJEPS), 1(2),
Karaman, Zerrin Toprak(2009), "Democratic Gains in Public Administration at Local Level in terms of CSR: Theory- and Practice-Based Approaches- Turkey and Izmir Metropolitan City , Professionals´ Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer- Social Policy Book, Idowu, Samuel O.; Leal Filho, Walter (Eds.)
Avrupa Yerel Yönetimler Özerklik Şartı(l995); Içişleri Bakanlığı Yayını.
Küresel Komşuluk(l996); TÇVY, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
- To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
- To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
- To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
- To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
- To analyze the given case studies.
- To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

-

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zerrin.toprak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes