EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN DEMOCRATIC STATES |
| Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
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| PIR 362 | B | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | NA |
| Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Salih Özcan , Fridays 10:00-12:30 hours |
| Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Language: | English |
| Compulsory/Elective: | Compulsory |
| Classroom and Meeting Time: | E 211 |
| Course Description: | This graduate level course will cover the essentials of contemporary public administration in democratic states. The course covers a wide variety of topics, from the way in which public administration is organised, to the strategies of increasing its efficiency and effectiveness. The course starts with basic knowledge on how to understand and study public administration, to recap what students’ have learned before on the topic. The course moves to public policy, unpacking the policymaking process and exploring the power relations that underpin government’s preferences and explain its decision-making process. It also covers issues related to organisational culture, values and social norms that guide day-to-day decisions. This course ends by exploring the importance of performance evaluation and the ways in which public service can be improved to promote accountability and strengthen democracy. |
| Course Objectives: | This is a graduate level course. This course introduces students to the governmental, administrative and political systems of underdeveloped, developing and developed countries focusing on the interaction among political and administrative systems. This course aims to explore a range of subjects about the general public administration of countries like US, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Netherlands and other countries. The main topics of the course develop around: Political Culture and Administration, Bureaucratic structures, Political Institutions and Public Bureaucracy, Public Management. Theoretical knowledge gained in this course is combined with case studies examination.. The goal of the course is to guide students in understanding public administration systems and differentiating among them. |
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COURSE OUTLINE
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| Week | Topics |
| 1 | Introduction, syllabus and requirements |
| 2 | Introduction to PA in democracies: Culture and PA. B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (2018) The Next Public Administration: Debates and Dilemmas, London: Sage (Chapter 1: Public Administration in Democratic Governance) Jay M. Shafritz et al. (2017) Introducing Public Administration, 9th Ed. Routledge. (Chapter 2: The Political and Cultural Environment of Public Policy and its Administration, pp. 70-76) Linda Deleon (2007) Public Management, Democracy and Politics in Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Christopher Pollitt (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: OUP |
| 3 | Theories of Public Administration. Bidyut Chakrabarty & Prakash Chand, (2012) Public Administration in a Globalizing World, Sage, (Chapter 2: Administrative Theories, pp. 46-64, 68-70, 73-89) Jay M. Shafritz et al. (2017) Introducing Public Administration, 9th Ed. Routledge, Chapter 6: The Evolution of Organization and Management Theory, pp. 56-57, 242-257, 260-263, 293, 295. Owen E. Hughes, (2018) Public Management & Administration: An Introduction, Fifth Edition, Red Globe Press, Macmillan. Chapter 3: The Traditional Model of Public Administration. C. Pollitt (2016) Advanced Introduction to Public Management and Administration, E. Elgar, Chapter 2: Theory. |
| 4 | Democracy and P. Administration: Complexity of relationships. Raymond W. Cox III (2020), Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Third Ed., Routledge, Chapter 14: Bureaucracy, the Rule of Law and Representative Democracy. Richard C. Box (2006) Democracy and Public Administration. Introduction: Importance of Democracy for PA Chapter 1: Democracy and Public Service Chapter 2: Democracy, PA and Public Policy, pp. 21-26. D. Held (2007), Models of Democracy, pp. 82-84. |
| 5 | PA and (Public-Administrative) Law. Raymond W. Cox III (2020), Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Third Ed., Routledge, Chapter 5: Administrative Law. Julia Beckett (2015) Public Management and the Rule of Law, Routledge, Chapter 1: Public Management and Understanding Public Law. Dacian C. Dragos and Philip M. Langbroek (2018) Chapter 54: Law and Public Administration: A Love–Hate Relationship? in Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, Palgrave. David Feldman (2014) The Limits of Law: Can Laws Regulate Public Administrations? In B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration, Second Edition, London: SAGE P. Admin Workbook, Exercise 5: Administrative Law. pp. 81-83. (Attached) Anthony M. Bertelli (2007) Law and Public Administration, in Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Christopher Pollitt (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: OUP Michael Hill, Peter L. Hupe, (2002) Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and in Practice (SAGE) pp. 22-24, 27-30. |
| 6 | PA, Ethics and Accountability. Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester (2016) Public Administration: An Introduction. Chapter 11: Ethics and Public Administration, Routledge. Jay M. Shafritz et al. (2017) Introducing Public Administration, 9th Ed. Routledge. (Chapter 5: Honor, Ethics and Accountability, pp. 200-217). Owen E. Hughes, (2018) Public Management & Administration: An Introduction, Fifth Edition, Red Globe Press, Macmillan. Chapter 7: Accountability. B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (2018) The Next Public Administration: Debates and Dilemmas, London: Sage, (Chapter 4: Neutrality Versus Responsiveness; Chapter 10: Authority Versus Democracy). Cheol Liu (2017) Chapter 8: Public Corruption: Causes, Consequences and Cures, in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration, Abington: Routledge. Michael Macaulay (2018) Chapter 14: Ethics and Integrity, in Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, Palgrave. Leanne-Marie McCarthy-Cotter and Matthew Flinders (2018), Chapter 9: Accountability in Liberal Democratic, Parliamentary Systems, in Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, Palgrave. Mark Bovens, (2007) Public Accountability in Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Christopher Pollitt (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: OUP |
| 7 | Midterm Exam |
| 8 | PA and Public Participation, Collaborative Gove Raymond W. Cox III (2020), Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Third Ed., Routledge, Chapter 11: Citizen Engagement. Reto Steiner and Claire Kaiser (2017) Chapter 15: Democracy and citizens’ engagement, in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration, Abington: Routledge. Linda Deleon (2007) Public Management, Democracy and Politics in Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Christopher Pollitt (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: OUP (Only Part 5.3.5: Citizens Participation, pp. 116-118) Denita Cepiku (2017) Chapter 13: Collaborative governance in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration, Abington: Routledge. Taco Brandsen and Karen Johnston (2018), Chapter 16: Collaborative Governance and the Third Sector: Something Old, Something New, in Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, Palgrave. Tor Busch et al. (2013) Public Management in the Twenty-first Century, Chapter 12: Opening up the Public Sector through Collaborative Governance; Chapter 13: Cologne Participatory Budget.rnance. |
| 9 | E-Government and Crisis/Disaster Management. Damon P. Coppola (2015) Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, Chapter 1: The Management of Disasters and Chapter 8: Participants- Governmental Disaster Management Agencies. Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester (2016) Public Administration: An Introduction. Chapter 12: Technology and Public Administration, Routledge. Helen Margetts (2014) Chapter 24: Electronic Government: A Revolution in Public Administration? In B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.) (2014) The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration, Concise Second Edition, London: Sage Reference. Vincent Homburg (2018) Chapter 18: ICT, E-Government and E-Governance: Bits & Bytes for Public Administration, in Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, Palgrave. Fatih Demiroz and Naim Kapucu (2017) Chapter 19: Emergency and crisis management: the Soma mine accident case, Turkey, in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration, Abington: Routledge. |
| 10 | Case Studies UK and France; J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2014) Comparative Public Administration, Second Edition, London: Routledge, Chapter 2: UK Chapter 4: France Sabine Kuhlmann & Hellmut Wollmann (2014) Introducing Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, (UK: pp.82-90; France: 57-63) |
| 11 | Germany, USA and Italy;J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2014) Comparative Public Administration, Second Edition, London: Routledge, Chapter 7: USA Chapter 6: Italy Sabine Kuhlmann & Hellmut Wollmann (2014) Introducing Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, For Germany: (pp. 70-78) For Italy: (pp. 63-70) |
| 12 | Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherland, Greece; J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2000) Comparative Public Administration, First Edition, London: Routledge, Chapter 10: Japan J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2014) Comparative Public Administration, Second Edition, London: Routledge, Chapter 5: Greece Sabine Kuhlmann & Hellmut Wollmann (2014) Introducing Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, Sweden: (pp.78-82) |
| 13 | PA in New Democracies: Western Balkans. Sabine Kuhlmann & Hellmut Wollmann (2014) Introducing Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, (Hungary: 90-96) P. Joanna Suway (2014) Chapter 36: Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, in B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration, Concise Second Edition, London: Sage Reference. Tony J. G. Verheijen (2014) Chapter 33: Comprehensive Reform and Public Administration in Post-Communist States, in B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration, Concise Second Edition, London: Sage Reference. György Gajduschek, Tamás M. Horváth, Károly Jugovits (2017) Chapter 7: Hungarian Public Administration: Last Thirty Years, Waves in the Story, in Polonca Kovač and Mantas Bileišis (Eds.) in Public Administration Reforms in Eastern European Union Member States Post-Accession Convergence and Divergence, Ani Matei Crina Rădulescu (Eds.) (2011) National and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans. |
| 14 | General Review and Discussion (PA under Globalization). Haroon A. Khan (2018) Globalization and the Challenges of Public Administration, Palgrave Macmillan. Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester (2016) Public Administration: An Introduction. Chapter 14: Future of Public Administration, Routledge. Raymond W. Cox III (2020), Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Third Ed., Routledge. Chapter 15: Administration in a Global Perspective. Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku, and T. J. Lah (2017) Chapter 1: Public policy and administration in an era of globalization, in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration, Abington: Routledge. |
| Prerequisite(s): | N/A |
| Textbook: | Raymond W. Cox III (2020), Public Administration in Theory and Practice, Third Ed., Routledge. B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (2018) The Next Public Administration: Debates and Dilemmas, London: Sage. J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2014) Comparative Public Administration, Second Edition, London: Routledge Sabine Kuhlmann & Hellmut Wollmann (2014) Introduction to Comparative Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester (2016) Public Administration: An Introduction, Second Edition, Routledge Jay M. Shafritz and E.W. Russell, Christopher P. Borick, Albert C. Hyde (2017), Introducing Public Administration, 9th Edition, Routledge. C. Pollitt (2016) Advanced Introduction to Public Management and Administration, Cheltenham, UK: E. Elgar, Owen E. Hughes, (2018) Public Management & Administration: An Introduction, Fifth Edition, Red Globe Press, Macmillan. B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.) (2014) The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration, Concise Second Edition, London: Sage Reference. Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel (Eds.) (2018) The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, Palgrave. Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (Eds.) (2017) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration, Abington: Routledge. Damon P. Coppola (2015) Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, Elsevier. Haroon A. Khan (2018) Globalization and the Challenges of Public Administration, Palgrave Macmillan. J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2000) Comparative Public Administration, First Edition, London: Routledge (For Japan only) Christopher Pollitt, Sandra van Thiel and Vincent Homburg, (2007) New Public Management in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan Brian J. Cook, (2007) Democracy and Administration, Johns Hopkins University Press Bidyut Chakrabarty & Prakash Chand, (2012) Public Administration in a Globalizing World, Sage (Detailed Indian Case). |
| Other References: | Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Christopher Pollitt (Eds.) (2009) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, OUP. Ali Farazmand (Ed.) (2010), Bureaucracy and Administration, CRC Press. John Fenwick and Janice McMillan (Eds.), Public Management in the Postmodern Era, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Jan-Erik Lane, State Management, Routledge, 2009 Jay M. Shafritz (Ed.) (2000), Defining Public Administration, Westview Press Jack Rabin, W. Bartley Hildreth and Gerald J. Miller (Eds.) (2007) Handbook of Public Administration, Third Ed. CRC Press. David Schultz (2004), Encyclopaedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Facts on File, Inc. http://unpan.org/ http://www.eupan.eu/en/home/ http://www.eipa.nl/ |
| Laboratory Work: | N/A |
| Computer Usage: | N/A |
| Others: | No |
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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| 1 | These methods will provide appropriate guidance for students and academic alike to ask meaningful question about what they study and to find answers of their questions |
| 2 | Students will learn to ask meaningful questions on their chosen area of studies and to be focusing on improving their critical perspective on social sciences. |
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COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
| No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
| Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations (3 years) (Old) Program | ||
| 1 | Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources. | 5 |
| 2 | Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches. | 5 |
| 3 | Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects. | 5 |
| 4 | Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions. | 4 |
| 5 | Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations. | 4 |
| 6 | Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently. | 5 |
| 7 | Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena. | 4 |
| 8 | Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones. | 4 |
| 9 | Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles. | 3 |
| 10 | Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge. | 1 |
| 11 | Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments. | 3 |
| 12 | Having consciousness about human rights and environment. | 2 |
| 13 | Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning. | 4 |
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COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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| Method | Quantity | Percentage |
| Midterm Exam(s) |
1
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25
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| Presentation |
1
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10
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| Term Paper |
1
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15
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| Final Exam |
1
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40
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| Attendance |
10
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| Total Percent: | 100% |
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ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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| Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Other | 1 | 9 | 9 |
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Total Work Load:
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150 | ||
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Total Work Load/25(h):
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6 | ||
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ECTS Credit of the Course:
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6 | ||