PFT714 Comparative Local Governments

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Course Goal / Objective

The course will introduce students to variety of models of local government in different countries and diffrerent sytems. Mile stones of local authorities development will be presented. Legal basis, political and administrative institutions on local level will be explored. Territorial organization, scope of functions, autonomy of finances and institutional setting of local authorities in selected countries will be compared. Issues of local governance will be elaborated.“Comparative Local Governments” has an interdisciplinary nature combining empirical and theoretical approaches on local governments from the fields of political science, public administration and public policy studies. We will analyze of Local politics, decentralisation, local governance and democracy, grassroots democracy movements, locality, participatory administration and reform local governmental systems, local government typologies and inter-governmental relations in political-administrative systems.

Course Content

This course begins by questioning the necessity of local governments and examining their role in relation to central administration. Within the framework of the principle of decentralization, the function and significance of local governments in the provision of public services are discussed. Intergovernmental task and revenue sharing mechanisms are evaluated in terms of fiscal justice and efficiency. The course includes a comparative analysis of the British, French, and Scandinavian models, as well as an examination of local government structures in both federal and unitary states. In the applied section, the local government systems of countries such as Germany, Spain, the United States, Japan, and Switzerland are explored in detail. These studies aim to equip students with the ability to compare different systems, analyze local fiscal structures, and assess global best practices.

Course Precondition

No prerequisites

Resources

Jamie Boex And Renata Simatupang, A Comparatıve Overvıew Of Local Governance Systems In Selected Countrıes LPSI Working Paper – September 2015,

Notes

Fikret Toksöz, Ali Ercan Özgür, Öykü Uluçay, Levent Koç, Gülay Atar, Nilüfer Akalın Yerel Yönetim Sistemleri Türkiye Ve Fransa İspanya İtalya Polonya Çek Cumhuriyeti, TESEV Yayınları Https://Www.Tesev.Org.Tr/Wp-Content/Uploads/Rapor_Yerel_Yonetim_Sistemleri.Pdf Adem Esen, Maan Chibli (2020) Orta Doğu Ve Batı Asya’da Yerel Yönetim Sistemleri, UCLG MEWA Https://Uclg-Mewa.Org/Wp-Content/Uploads/2022/05/Orta_Dogu_Ve_Bati_Asyada_Yerel_Yonetim_Sistemleri.Pdf Yakup Bulut Muzaffer Bimay, ( 2020) Karşılaştırmalı Yerel Yönetimler Analizi: İngiltere Ve Türkiye Örnekleri Https://Dergipark.Org.Tr/Tr/Download/Article-File/1098726 TUSES Federal Almanya’da Yerel Yönetimler https://Www.Tuses.Org.Tr/Userfiles/Files/Almanyada%20Yerel%20Yonetimler-Holzwarth.Pdf Https://Yerelyonetimler.İnfo/Demet DÖNMEZ & Soner AKIN Karşılaştırmalı Yerel İdareler: Çağdaş Perspektifler Ve Ülke Örnekleri https://iksadyayinevi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/KARSILASTIRMALI-YEREL-IDARELER-CAGDAS-PERSPEKTIFLER-ve-ULKE-ORNEKLERI.pdf

Course Learning Outcomes

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Week Plan

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