COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN DEMOCRATIC STATES
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
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 312
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.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction, syllabus and requirements
2 An Era of Change; The Role of Government
3 Theories of Public Administration
4 Traditional Model of Public Administration; Public Management
5 Public Policy; Governance
6 Democracy and Public Administration
7 Public Administration in the UK
8 Midterm exam
9 Public Administration in France and Italy (Students)
10 Public Administration in the USA
11 Public Administration in Germany
12 Public Administration in the Sweden and Switzerland (Students)
13 Public Management in Developing Countries (India)
14 Public Management in Developing Countries (Turkey) *Students)
Prerequisite(s): N/A
Textbook: J.A. Chandler (Ed.) (2014) Comparative Public Administration, Second Edition, London: Routledge Sabina Kuhlmann & Helmutt Wollmann (2014) Introducing Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Owen E.Hughes, (2012) Public management & Administration: An Introduction, Fourth Edition, Palgrave Macmillan. B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.) (2014) The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration, Concise Second Edition, Sage Reference. Jay M. Shafritz and E.W. Russell (2010), Introducing Public Administration, 7th Edition, 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.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, OUP, 2009. Ali Farazmand (Ed.) (2010), Bureaucracy and Administration, CRC Press, 2009 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.) Handbook of Public Administration, Third Ed. CRC Press, 2007 David Schultz, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Facts on File, Inc. 2004 http://unpan.org/.
Laboratory Work: N/A
Computer Usage: N/A
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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.
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) 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. 5
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. 4
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. 4
10 Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge. 3
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. 4
13 Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning. 4
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)
1
25
Presentation
1
15
Project
1
20
Final Exam
1
30
Attendance
10
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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
Total Work Load:
150
Total Work Load/25(h):
6
ECTS Credit of the Course:
6