COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PARTICIPATION AND GOVERNANCE AT LOCAL LEVEL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5078 PARTICIPATION AND GOVERNANCE AT LOCAL LEVEL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Individuals or groups increase their ownership of the decisions affecting their lives if they are part of decision-making process. For this reason, the participation mechanisms should be diversified and should be used effectively. Local level is regarded as the closest level to the public. Therefore, it is intended to evaluate participation mechanisms at local level, governance practices, the ownership of the decisions taken at local degree, local actors etc. in this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To obtain information about contemporary participation mechanisms at local level.
2   To analyze the actors at local level.
3   To evaluate governance practices at local level.
4   To develop strategies to increase the level of ownership of the decisions taken at local level.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about the content of the course and meeting
2 Local governments, its definiton and development
3 Governance, its definition and development
4 The concept of institutional governance and its dimensions and Social Responsibility
5 Multi-level governance
6 Global challenges and national and local and governance
7 Stakeholding and stakeholder responsibilities
8 Local actors and their contribution to local democracy
9 Development Agencies and governance
10 Evaluation of local legislation in terms of participation
11 Participation mechanisms at local level
12 Standing committees, council meetings, planning process
13 City council and assemblies
14 Ensuring the participation of disadvantaged groups at local level

Recomended or Required Reading

* Toprak, Zerrin, Yerel Yönetimler, (2014), Siyasal Kitabevi.
* Özer, Yunus Emre (2011), Gençlerin Toplumsal Yaşama Katılımı ve Yerel YönetimlerinRolü , Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt:26, Sayı:1,Yıl:2011, ss.43-65.

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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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