COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3023 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

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 philosophy of local government and the legislation on local governments, defining organizational structure of the local government units defined as special provincial administrations, municipalities and villages and service relationships with the local people and the basic institutional structurings of the negotiation democracy at local level are examined. Understanding how to provide service integrity at local level by examining.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define philosophy of local government and the legislation on local governments (special provincial administrations, municipalities and villages and service relationships with the local people )
2   Being able to indicate related regulations which are conduct public services at local governments
3   Being able to interpret the interrelation between citizens reqirements and local governments.
4   Being able to analyze sustainable urban development related to internal and external shareholders.
5   Being able to examine reason for being local government in the sustainablity of state.
6   Being able to analyze quality of life in local government and related administrative bodies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Presentation of a general overview on the issues of the course `Local Governments Definition of the basic terminology regarding the course,
2 Local Governments and Public Service relationship, service approach and developments in the Present Local Administration
3 Legislation and analysis of Special Provincial Administrations
4 Local services and municipalities as well as Foundations in the Ottoman period
5 Organizational Structure of the Present Municipalities
6 Municipality and Urban Services, Neighborhood Organization
7 Financial Structure of Municipalities
8 mid term exam
9 mid term exam
10 Metropolitan Municipalities, Dynamics of Administrative Structure Metropolitan Municipality Services, Financial Structuring
11 Voluntary Participation in Local Services, Municipality Companies
12 Village, provincial bank and public expenditure
13 Development Agencies and governance at local leveL
14 Cooperation in Corporate-Social Responsibility projects at local level

Recomended or Required Reading

Development Plans,
TEKELI, Ilhan - ORTAYLI, Ilber (1978); Türkiye'de Belediyeciliğin Ev¬rimi, 1.Kitap, Belediyecilik Araştırma Projesi Türk Idareciler Derneği Bilimsel Araştırma Dizisi.2, Ankara.
TOPRAK, Zerrin (2008), Kent Yönetimi ve Politikası, Altıncı Baskı, Birleşik Matbaa, Izmin,
KARAMAN, Zerrin Toprak (1994); "Kamu Hizmetlerinde Verimliliğin Sağlanmasında Alternatif Kurum Olarak Vakıflar", Türk Idare Dergisi, Yıl. 66, S. 403, Izmir.
KARAMAN, Zerrin Toprak (1995); "Türkiye'de Siyasetin Kent Yönetimine Etkisi", Yeni Türkiye, Yönetimde Yeniden Yapılanma Özel Sayısı, Yıl: 1, Sayı: 4.
TOPRAK, Zerrin ve ALTAY, Asuman (1997); Global Governance By New Order ,Marmara Journal Of European Studies, Vol:5, No:1-2.

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

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

-

Assessment Criteria

-

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zerrin.toprak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

-

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 17 17
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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