COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6056 COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Being a fundamental course of the Public Administration Programme, the main objective of the Council of Europe and Local Governments Course is to introduce students the basic philosophy of the European Union and the Council of Europe, to introduce the agreements for local and regional governments that lead the formations of local governments, to introduce the local government organizations of the countries selected by their administrative differences and to ensure the internalization of local democracy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To study the basic philosophy of the local and regional governments in the European Union and the Council of Europe.
2   To study the agreements, the conventions and the basic regulations in force regarding to the local governments in Europe generally.
3   To study the elective local and regional governments of the European countries.
4   To study the local governments in Turkey and the European local governmets by structurally comparing them.
5   To analyze the local governments of the selected Non-European countries by comparing them with the EU countries.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The presentation of the general framework of the course, the basic philosophy of local democracy and negotiator democratic structure
2 The principle of subsidiarity
3 Common approaches to the structure of local governments and service in the philosophy of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
4 The European Charter of Local Self-Government organizational analysis of countries
5 Organizational analysis of the countries of EU and the Council of Europe (local governments in the countries which are governed by kingdoms)
6 Organizational analysis of the countries of EU and the Council of Europe (local governments in the countries which are governed by republics)
7 Europe Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operaion between Territorial Comunities or Authorities Countries
8 European Landscape Convention Countries
9 The Draft European Charter of Mountain Regions and other legal regulations.
10 Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level Countries
11 Europe Urban Charter (I-II) / Homework Analysis
12 Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life / Homework Analysis
13 European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages, Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the general approach and their effects on the local government structure.
14 Non-EU local governments.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Zerrin Toprak, Karaman(2012); An Emprical Study Of The Effects Of Social And Cultural Differences Of Foreign Retired Residents On Local Citizens Around Antalya Area Of Turkey International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 3 No. 1; ISSN 2219-1933 (Print), 2219-6021 (Online), s.206-216; http://www.ijbssnet.com/update/index.php/archive id=895
2. Zerrin Toprak, Karaman (2012); An Analytical Study of Turkish Immigrants and Other Foreigners in the United Kingdom in Terms of the Philosophy of the Council of Europe American International Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol. 2 No. 3; March , s. 27-40 erişim; http://www.aijcrnet.com/index.php/current/10-abstracts/129
3. Zerrin Toprak, Hikmet Yavaş ve Mustafa Görün(2004); Yerel ve Bölgesel Yönetimler Kongresi Anlaşmalarında Avrupa Konseyi, Izmir.
4. Zerrin Toprak (2010); Yerel Yönetimler, Sekizinci Baskı, Birleşik Matbaa, Izmir

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
Preparation for midterm exam 10 3 30
Preparation for final exam 10 3 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1554
LO.2554
LO.3554
LO.4554
LO.5554

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