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| KAM3001 | Local Governments | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Arş. Gör. Nisa ERDEM | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir TOPAL
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suna ERSAVAŞ KAVANOZ
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammed Yunus BİLGİLİ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to provide students with legislation and current information about local governments in Turkey and to provide students with the skills to interpret and evaluate local governments in daily life. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | define basic concepts, to list units, of local governments. | 2,4 | | | LO - 2 : | summarize the differences between central and local governments by using graphics and figures. | 2,4 | | | LO - 3 : | interpret the history of local governments. | 2,4 | | | LO - 4 : | analyze the problems local governments confront in every day | 2,4 | | | LO - 5 : | design the relationships between central and local governments. | 2,4 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The concept of central administration and decentralization, the concept of local autonomy, the history of local governments in Turkey, municipalities, special provincial administrations, village administration, state-local government relations, urbanization and metropolitan administration, reorganization of local governments are taught. Reasons for the existence of local governments; local governments and economy; distribution of services and resources between local governments and central administration; metropolitan area administration; local governments in practice. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Fundamental concepts | | | Week 2 | The centralization and decentralization | | | Week 3 | The origins of local governments | | | Week 4 | The history of Turkish local governments | | | Week 5 | History of local governments in the West | | | Week 6 | Municipalities | | | Week 7 | Municipalities | | | Week 8 | Metropolitian municipality administrations | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Provincial special administrations | | | Week 11 | Village and neighborhood administrations | | | Week 12 | Urbanization and metropolitan administration | | | Week 13 | Intergovernmental relationships | | | Week 14 | Local government unions | | | Week 15 | International relations of local governments | | | Week 16 | Mid-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Oktay, T. Yerel Yönetimler, İdealkent Yayınları, Ankara.
| | | 2 | Keleş, R. 2008; Yerinden Yönetim ve Siyaset, Cem Yayınevi, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 2024 | | 50 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 10
11 | 2024 | | | | End-of-term exam | 14 | 2024 | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 3 | 33 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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