RP534 CHANGING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE
| Course Code: | 8520534 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYDA ERAYDIN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course is designed to discuss the different paradigms, theories that explain changes in economic and political structure and its effects on production structure and spatial development.
The course aims to cover the economic, regulative and political changes that have been prominent in the last four decades, which defined new conditions for regional development and associated theories. After the evaluation of the contextual changes in various fields, the course will introduce how the regional theories have been evolved in the last four decades. Following the review of the existing policies, the critical evaluation of such policies will be introduced by focusing on the outcomes and the reactions against existing policies and practice. The last weeks will be devoted to the existing search for new policies and new principles of planning.
Course Content
The evolution of public expenditures, the functioning of the public and private economy. The characteristics of public goods and methods of analysis, the price formation and decision making procedures. Supply, demand; local vs. central financing and locational problems.
Course Learning Outcomes
This course aims to enable the students to explore and discuss the contemporary issues on regional development. The expected outcome is the increasing capability of students to understanding the changes in the different spatial levels.