COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3024 COMPARATIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

To put forward the Philosophy of the Local and Regional Governments of the Council of Europe, to put forward the contents of basic agreements and conventions as well as the approaches of member countries, to ensure awareness of Türkiye of the developments in the member states of the Council as a member to the Council of Europe and the changing legal-corporate responsibilities and to make preparations for the democratization activities in the process of European Union both as a candidate country and for a dynamic Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the basic philosophy of local goverments and purpose of European Council foundation
2   Being able to analyze basic regulations, agreements and treaties which are related to local governments in Europe
3   Being able to analyze European local and regional governments according to chosen countries
4   Being able to compare structural features of European local governments and Turkish local governments
5   Being to internalize good government and governance practices considering the modern and developing dynamics of local social capital in democratic governments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general information about the course, explanation of the concepts in general terms, evaluation of the importance of the course in the learning plan.
2 Presentation of the general overview on the topics of the course `Local Governments II , basic philosophy of negotiation democratic structuring
3 Principle of Subsidiarity and Council of Europe
4 Local Governments and common approaches in service structuring in the Philosophy of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Organic connections with the European Union
5 European Charter of Local Self-Governments
6 European Charter of Local Self-Governments
7 Draft European Charter of Regional Self-Governments
8 European Framework Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation Territorial Communities or Authorities
9 European Convention for Landscape Protection, Draft European Convention on Mountain Regions
10 European Charter on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level
11 European Urban Charter (1992) and new Urban Charter (2008)/research paper analyses
12 Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life /research paper analyses
13 European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages, general approach to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities /research paper analyses
14 General evaluation and reminder, reviewing the degree of achievement of the learning outcomes of the course by making a situation analysis of the period.

Recomended or Required Reading

TOPRAK, Zerrin Karaman(2009); Participation to the public life and becoming organized at local level in Romani settlements in Izmir, Land Use Policy, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2009,

KARAMAN, Zerrin (2008); Willingness of Foreign Retired Residents to Participate in Local Public Life and Strategic Approaches to Relationship Networks Within the Local Community; Example of Antalya, Türkiye European Journal of Economic and Political Studies(EJEPS), 1(2),

Karaman, Zerrin Toprak(2009), "Democratic Gains in Public Administration at Local Level in terms of CSR: Theory- and Practice-Based Approaches- Türkiye and Izmir Metropolitan City , Professionals´ Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer- Social Policy Book, Idowu, Samuel O.; Leal Filho, Walter (Eds.)

Avrupa Yerel Yönetimler Özerklik Şartı(l995); Içişleri Bakanlığı Yayını.

Ruşen Keleş(l999); Avrupa Birliği ve Yerel Yönetimler, Ankara.

Küresel Komşuluk(l996); TÇVY, Ankara.

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 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** 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 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 18 18
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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