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GIA301 MODERN GOVERNANCE

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will learn:

• different meanings attached to the term governance as an "umbrella concept", and the reasons behind why different political/policy actors subscribe to these different interpretations.
• the changes which "broader administrative and political practice” in modern states go through as result of governance oriented reform programs.
• why and how "governance perspective" has become a dominant mode of thinking/discourse on administrative reform.
• spatial dynamics of global/supranational policy reforms that resulted in pressures for reform in different states.
• the role and place of different facets of globalisation in the formulation and implementation of pro-governance reforms.
• the role and place of the European Union in the formulation and implementation of pro-governance reforms. 
• politico-institutional continuities and discontinuities between governance-oriented reforms and the past administrative practices in contemporary states.
• the micro-dynamics of change in the state-society and state-economy relations (re)producing the governance practice and thinking.
• the country-specific implications of the issues stated above in the case of Turkey.
• the future politico-administrative implications of "governance oriented reforms" and "governance thinking" for Turkey.

Course Content

The course aims to acquaint the students with the prominent theoretical perspectives on modern governance followed by those alternative ways and modes of administration/organization in practice. The final phase will include the analysis of some concrete cases of modern governance, selected from throughout the world, in the form of case studies with the expectation to offer the students wider outlook and insight on the topic.

Course Learning Outcomes

Student who passed this course will be able to:

• develop and awareness of different meanings attached to the term governance as an "umbrella concept", and the reasons behind why different political/policy actors subscribe to these different interpretations.
• identify the changes which "broader administrative and political practice” in modern states go through as result of governance oriented reform programs.
• examine spatial dynamics of global/supranational policy reforms that resulted in pressures for reform in a given state.
• develop refined analyses of how different facets of globalisation could shape the formulation and implementation of pro-governance reforms.
• develop refined analyses of how the European Union actually shapes the formulation and implementation of pro-governance reforms both abroad and in Turkey. 
• formulate country specific research questions to examine how governance oriented blueprints for reform are actually translated into practice. 
• formulate refined research questions as they are set to examine the micro-dynamics of change in the state-society and state-economy relations (re)producing the governance practice and thinking.

Program Outcomes Matrix

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution