Local Leadership As a Personal Characteristic: A Comparison of Two Turkish Mayors

Year 2011, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 22 - 54, 01.04.2011

Ulaş Bayraktar

Abstract

Batılı yerel yönetimlere dair güncel gelişmeler hem yerel yürütmenin güçlenişine hem de katılmcı mekanizmaların yaygınlaşmasına işaret eder. Başka bir deyişle, yerel idarelerin kişisel ve kollektif boyutları birlikte öne çıkarılmaktadır. Bu makalede, Türk yerel siyasetinin bu iki boyutu, Yerel Gündem 21 sürecinin başlatıldığı iki ayrı kentin karşılaştırmalı incelemesi çerçevesinde incelenecektir. Bu sürecin sonuçları arasındaki başarı farkını açıklama çabası içinde, bu kentlerin belediye başkanları üç ayrı boyuttta karşılaştırılacaktır: kişisel geçmişleri, siyasi hayatları ve uluslararası ilişkileri. Makale yerel liderlerin katılımcı mekanizmaların başarısı üzerinde önemli etkileri olduğu sonucuna varır

Keywords

Yerel yönetimler, yerel siyaset, liderlik, katılımcı mekanizmalar

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• Yüksek lisans ve doktorasını Paris Siyasal Etüdler Enstitüsü'nde tamamlayan Ulaş Bayraktar yerel siyaset, yerel yönetimler, yerel siyaset ve katılımcı demokrasi konularında araştırmalarını Mersin Üniversitesi İİBF Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü'nde sürdürmektedir..
• Ulas Bayraktar who had his MA and PhD degrees at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, continues to work on local politics, local governments, local democracy and participatory democracy at Mersin University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration.