LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISCRETION AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN TURKEY

Yilmaz S., Güner A.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT, cilt.33, sa.2, ss.125-142, 2013 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/pad.1646
  • Dergi Adı: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.125-142
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: decentralization, local governance, accountability, Turkey, DECENTRALIZATION
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

After ratification of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 1993, Turkey has witnessed major local government reform efforts in 2000s. The policy objectives of these reforms were granting more political, administrative and fiscal discretion to local governments along the principles of democratic decentralization and strengthening accountability linkages between citizens and local governments. We employ a diagnostic framework to analyse the impact of these reforms. We argue that reforms have achieved limited success in improving decision-making autonomy and accountability of local governments. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.