Research Article

The Pre-Service Education Of Local Politicians

Volume: 1 Number: 2 August 30, 2018
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The Pre-Service Education Of Local Politicians

Abstract

The governments prepare and implement advanced executive training projects to put into practice ideally the public policies. Graduate and postgraduate education programs for executive training exist. Nevertheless this situation loses its validity in politics. The mayorship and councilorship are the top positions of the municipality as a legal entity. To become mayor or member of council, the only criteria for educational status is primary school graduation. However, because the mayors and members of council have most important powers and responsabilities, it could improve the service quality of planned politics if they are prepared for these positions with appropriate education programs.

The study began with the explanations of related concepts. Then the existing situation of local politics and politicians in Turkey were examined. The data for field study were collected from elected mayors and members of city council in Aydın Province via a questionnaire, which was prepared for this study. Data were analysed by the SPSS 22 WIN program. The hypotesis of “The insufficient education of local politicians in Turkey have negative impacts on administration and management of munipicipalities.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 30, 2018

Submission Date

July 18, 2018

Acceptance Date

August 10, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Çobanlar, İ., & Zeren, H. E. (2018). Yerel Siyasetçilerin Hizmet Öncesi Eğitimi. Uluslararası Yönetim Akademisi Dergisi, 1(2), 22-40. https://izlik.org/JA75PL29UW

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