COURSE SYLLABUS

LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS

1	Course Title:	LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS
2	Course Code:	KMY6123
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. BEKIR PARLAK
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta: zsobaci@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 2941151 Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Görükle, 16059 Nilufer / BURSA
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19	Objective of the Course:	Providing the student with knowledge about local governments, democracy theory and local democracy, gaining a perspective on the relationship between local governments, democracy and politics.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students learn about the concept of local democracy and local democratic practices in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To gain knowledge of the theory of democracy.;
2	To gain knowledge of local administration systems and traditions.;
3	To understand the relationship between local democracy, governance and autonomy.;
4	To gain knowledge of approaches to local politics.;
5	To get the opportunity to analyze the relationship between local governments, information and communication technologies and social media.;
6	To gain the opportunity to examine local democracy practices.;
7	To gain knowledge of the central government-local government relations in Turkey.;
8	To get the opportunity to examine local democratic practices in Turkey.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Theory of democracy
2	Local Government Systems and Traditions
3	Local Governments and Democracy Relationship
4	Local Democracy, Governance and Autonomy
5	Local Governments and Politics
6	Approaches to Local Politics
7	Information and Communication Technologies in Local Governments: Local E-Democracy
8	Local Democracy, Politics and Social Media
9	Local Democracy Practices I
10	Local Democracy Practices II
11	Local Governments in Turkey
12	Central Government-Local Government Relations in Turkey
13	Local Democracy Practices in Turkey
14	Local Politics in Turkey

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ramazan Şengül, Yerel Yönetimler, Umuttepe Yayınları, İstanbul, 2019. İlhan Tekeli, Türkiye İçin Siyaset ve Demokrasi Yazıları, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2011. İlhan Tekeli, Katılımcı Demokrasi, Sosyal Demokrasi Derneği, 2020. Ruşen Keleş, Yerinden Yönetim ve Siyaset, Cem Yayınevi, 2019. Mehmet Zahid Sobacı (Ed.), Social Media and Local Government: Theory and Practice, Springer, 2016. Desmond King ve Gerry Stoker, Rethinking Local Democracy, MacMillan, 1996. Mehmet Zahid Sobacı, “Yerel Yönetimden Yerel Yönetişime: Post-Fordizm Bağlamında Yerel Yönetimleri Anlamak”, Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, 9 (2), 2011, s. 215-233 (Doğan Bıçkı ile birlikte). Mehmet Zahid Sobacı, “The Use of Twitter by Mayors in Turkey: Tweets for Better Public Services?”, Government Information Quarterly, 30 (4), 2013, 417-425 (Naci Karkın ile birlikte). Mehmet Zahid Sobacı, “Determinants of E-Democracy Adoption in Turkish Municipalities: An Analysis for Spatial Diffusion Effect”, Local Government Studies, 41 (3), 2015, s. 445-469 (Kadir Yasin Eryiğit ile birlikte). Mehmet Zahid Sobacı, “Facebook Aracılığıyla Türkiye’de Belediye-Vatandaş Etkileşiminin Ölçülmesi: Büyükşehir ve İl Belediyeleri Bağlamında Ampirik Bir Analiz”, Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 2017. (İbrahim Hatipoğlu ile birlikte). Mehmet Zahid Sobacı, Türkiye’nin Yerel Yönetimler Özerklik Şartına Uyumu: Özerklik Miti, SETA Analiz, 2015.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	50
Final Exam	1	50
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Bu derste harf notları mutlak değerlendirme sistemine göre belirlenmektedir.
Information	In this course, letter grades are determined according to the absolute evaluation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	1	30	30
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	30	30
Total WorkLoad			144
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,8
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10
LO1	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
LO2	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
LO3	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3
LO4	4	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
LO5	4	5	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	3
LO6	4	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	3
LO7	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
LO8	4	4	5	3	3	3	2	3	3	3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High