GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CURRENT PROBLEMS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS/1300044
Course Title: CURRENT PROBLEMS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Kemal GORMEZ
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kgormez
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  kgormez@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
understands hierarchical structuring of local government forms and interprets these forms to develop ability to comprehend legal and political dimensi
Understands and implement legislation for the functioning of local government units
To discuss alternative solutions on the current issues of local governments
Gains professional information to policy making and implementation .
Foresees contemporary and future changes by interdisciplinary way.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Local democracy and local autonomy, ways to promote local democracy
2. Week  The European Union and Local Governments
3. Week  The principle of subsidiarity, strong local governments,
4. Week  Trends in legislation to strengthen local governments
5. Week  Local governance, policy making and the management of municipal services, local actors
6. Week  Relations with local authorities and voluntary organizations
7. Week  Globalization and localization, local governments in the global system
8. Week  competition between local governments
9. Week  Borrowing by local governments, ways to mobilize resources and capacities
10. Week  E-municipality: The concept of applications in Turkey
11. Week  Local elections and analysis of recent local elections
12. Week  Local governing bodies of political and administrative relations with each other and with the public
13. Week  Represented in local councils, local participation, the new / current participation mechanisms and methods
14. Week  Privatization of local services, alternative service delivery methods
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  KEMAL GORMEZ, Yerel Demokrasi ve Türkiye, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara,1997
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
5
75
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
4
60
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
1
3
3
 Preparing Presentation
1
3
3
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
1
2
2
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
193
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.72
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Management Science through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
2To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
3To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Management Science and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X
4To gain a repertoire on European Union s administrative structure, local government policy in Turkey, globalization and localitization debates and new approaches in public administration.X
5To be equipped with the knowledge of Turkish Constitutional order, legal framework of human rights and international law.X
6To be able to reach the academic literature on public administration, to prepare a research design based on this theoretical framework, to conduct a scientific research by utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative methods and to analyze gathered data as well as to produce findings out of them.X
7To have professional and social responsibility as well as the skills to produce scientific knowledge in line with the ethical principles; to be able to make scientific publications.X
8To be able to analyze those phenomenon and issues related with the discipline of Management Science through a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach and to produce proper solutions.X
9To be capable of following the theoretical and practical developments within the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law on national and international scales.X
10To have competence in the theories and other conceptual approaches related with the discipline of Management Science and to have the capacity to comment on these theoretical constructions from a critical perspective.X