Public Management Reform in Turkey: The Impact of Europeanization and Beyond (Public Administration, Governance and Globalization, 20)

Preface
Introduction
Contents
1 Europeanization Processes
	1.1 Europeanization as a Concept
	1.2 Common Values and Principles
		1.2.1 Principle of Obligatory Results
		1.2.2 Principle of Blank Concepts
		1.2.3 Right to Good Governance
		1.2.4 Openness and Transparency Principle
		1.2.5 Participation Principle
		1.2.6 Accountability Principle
		1.2.7 Effectiveness Principle
		1.2.8 Implementation of the Acquis and Public Administration
		1.2.9 Problems of Common Principles
	1.3 Common Processes and Practices
		1.3.1 Convergence and Divergence of Procedures
		1.3.2 Empowerment
		1.3.3 Resolutions of European Court of Justice
		1.3.4 PHARE Program
		1.3.5 Twinning and EUPAN
		1.3.6 Action Plan for Simplifying and Improving Regulatory Environment
		1.3.7 Regulatory Impact Assessment
		1.3.8 Common Assessment Framework
		1.3.9 Annual Activity Reports
		1.3.10 Strategic Planning and Programming (SPP) and Annual Policy Strategy (APS)
	1.4 Common Documents
		1.4.1 Amsterdam Treaty
		1.4.2 SIGMA Reports
		1.4.3 Rules of Procedure of the Commission
		1.4.4 White Papers
		1.4.5 Reports of the Committee of Independent Experts
		1.4.6 European Code of Good Administrative Behavior
		1.4.7 Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe
		1.4.8 Rejection of Constitutional Treaty
		1.4.9 Lisbon Treaty
	1.5 Common Institutions
		1.5.1 European Economic and Social Committee
		1.5.2 Committee of the Regions
		1.5.3 Ombudsman
		1.5.4 Internal Audit Service
		1.5.5 European Administrative School
		1.5.6 European Personnel Selection Office
	1.6 European Administrative Space and Turkey
		1.6.1 Issues of Focus in Progress Reports
		1.6.2 General Evaluation on Turkey
	References
2 Administrative Procedures
	2.1 The Concept of Administrative Procedures
		2.1.1 The Relation Between Democracy and Administrative Procedures
		2.1.2 Examples of Administrative Procedure
		2.1.3 The European Code of Good Administrative Behavior
	2.2 Administrative Procedure in Turkey
		2.2.1 What Does the General Administrative Law Draft Offer?
		2.2.2 General Evaluation of the Draft Law
	References
3 Participatory Government
	3.1 Deliberative Policy Making
		3.1.1 Democratization of Public Policy Process
		3.1.2 The Relation Between Public Policies and Citizens
		3.1.3 Forms of Democratic Public Policy
	3.2 Local Level and Public Policy
		3.2.1 Governance and Participation
		3.2.2 Local Public Management and Public Policies
		3.2.3 The Democratization of the Relationship Between the State and Society: The Re-definition of Citizenship
		3.2.4 Citizen Participation in the Formulation and Management of Public Policies
	3.3 Participatory Democracy in Turkey
		3.3.1 Legal Foundations
	3.4 Conclusion
	References
4 Local Governance Reforms
	4.1 The Concept of “Policy Windows”
	4.2 Legal Aspects of Decentralization: 2004–2005 Legislations
	4.3 Political Aspects of Decentralization
		4.3.1 Civil–Military Relations
		4.3.2 Kurdish Problem
		4.3.3 AKP’s Attempts to Change the Domestic Balance of Power
	4.4 The Turn of the Tide: 2008 and 2012 Legislations
		4.4.1 Economies of Scale and Local Governments
		4.4.2 The Metropolitan Municipality Law of 2008
		4.4.3 The Law of 2012: The Search for “Optimal Scale”
		4.4.4 Structural Changes Introduced by the New Model
	4.5 Conclusion
	References
5 Regionalization Reforms
	5.1 Regionalization Processes in the EU
	5.2 Turkey’s Harmonization with European Regional Policy
		5.2.1 “NUTS” and Structural Funds
		5.2.2 Regional Development Agencies
	5.3 Conclusion
	References
6 Re-centralization in Government
	6.1 NPM Reforms in European Countries
	6.2 Post-NPM Tendencies
	6.3 NPM, Post-NPM and Reforms
	6.4 Post-NPM and Re-centralization in Turkey
		6.4.1 General Institutional Review of the Government
		6.4.2 Expansion of the Prime Minister’s Office After 2003
		6.4.3 Transformation of Independent Regulatory Agencies
		6.4.4 Reform in the Cabinet
		6.4.5 Expansion of the President’s Office
		6.4.6 Adoption of the Presidential Government System
	6.5 Conclusion
	References
Conclusion
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