ÇOK DÜZEYLİ YÖNETİŞİM Mİ, YÖNETSEL HAKİMİYET Mİ? MAASTRICHT SONRASI DÖNEMDE AB YÖNETİŞİMİNE YENİ BİR BAKIŞ

Year 2025, Issue: 70, 303 - 316, 05.09.2025

Ömer Didin

https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1595391

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Maastricht sonrası dönemdeki çok düzeyli AB yönetişimini, James Burnham tarafından “The Managerial Revolution” adlı eserde ortaya atılan ve Samuel T. Francis ve diğerleri tarafından iyileştirilen Yönetsel Devrim Kuramı merceğinden analiz etmektedir. Çalışma, yönetselciliği Maastricht Antlaşması'nın ardından önem kazanan çok düzeyli yönetişim (MLG) teorisiyle karşılaştırmaktadır. Esas olarak Avrupa yönetişimindeki uluslarüstü düzeye ve bu düzeyin diğer düzeylerle etkileşimine odaklanarak, ortaya çıkan yönetselci sınıfın/elitin baskın bir konuma yükseldiği savunulmaktadır. Çalışmada detaylı bir literatür taraması yapılmış, nitel ve kuramsal bir tartışma sunulmuş ve bunlar AB yönetişiminin büyüyen boyut ve ölçeği ile dış yönetişiminde çevre politikasının artan payı gibi ampirik gerçeklerle ilişkilendirilmiştir. Çalışma ilk olarak yönetselcilik üzerine detaylı bir kuramsal çerçeve sunmakta ve teknokrasi kavramından farklarını ortaya koymaktadır. Daha sonra bu çerçeve, ÇDY ile birlikte Maastricht sonrası AB yönetişimine uygulanmaktadır. ÇDY, yetkinin birden fazla düzeye dağıtılması yoluyla adem-i merkeziyetçiliği öngörse de, Maastricht sonrası dönemde AB yönetişiminin kitleselliğinin ve ölçeğinin büyümesinin yanı sıra karmaşık ve stratejik politika oluşturma ortamına yön vermek için yönetsel uzmanlığa duyulan ihtiyacın, gücün birleşik bir yönetsel elitin elinde merkezileşmesine yol açması nedeniyle gerçek sonucun bunun tam tersi olduğu savunulmaktadır. Bu olgu, ÇDY teorisinden ziyade yönetimselcilik teorisi ile daha iyi açıklanmaktadır. Çalışma ayrıca güvenlikleştirmeyi yalnızca yönetsel uygulamaların anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunan ikincil bir analitik bakış açısı olarak kullanmaktadır. Çalışmanın özgün kuramsal tartışması ve bulgularının, AB yönetişimi ve Avrupa bütünleşmesi üzerine yapılan çalışmalarda daha geniş bir tartışma başlatması beklenmektedir. Yönetselcilik, ÇDY'ye alternatif ve tamamlayıcı bir teorik bakış açısı olarak önerilmektedir. Çalışma esas itibariyle yeni bir kuramsal model önermeye odaklanmaktadır. Gelecekte yapılacak daha derin ampirik testlere yönelik araştırmalar için bir temel oluşturulması amaçlanmaktadır.

Keywords

Yönetselcilik , Teknokrasi , Yönetselci elitler , Çok düzeyli yönetişim , Maastricht antlaşması , Avrupa bütünleşmesi

MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE OR MANAGERIAL DOMINANCE? A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EU GOVERNANCE IN THE POST-MAASTRICHT ERA

Abstract

This study analyses the post-Maastricht era multi-level EU governance through the lens of the Theory of Managerial Revolution, put forward by James Burnham in “The Managerial Revolution” and improved by Samuel T. Francis among others. The study contrasts managerialism with the multi-level governance (MLG) theory, which gained prominence following the Maastricht Treaty. Focusing mainly on the supranational level in European governance and its interactions with other levels, it is argued that the emerging managerial class/elite has been rising to a dominant position. The study employs a detailed literature review, presents a qualitative and theoretical discussion and links these to empirical facts such as the growing mass and scale of EU governance and the surging share of environmental policy in its external governance. The study first proposes a detailed theoretical framework on managerialism, presenting its differences from the proximate concept of technocracy. Then, the framework is applied to post-Maastricht EU governance in tandem with MLG. Although MLG envisions decentralization through dispersion of authority across multiple levels, it is argued that the real result has been quite the opposite, as the growth of mass and scale of EU governance and reliance on managerial expertise to guide the complex and strategic policymaking environment in the post-Maastricht era is argued to have led to centralization of power in the hands of a unified managerial elite. This phenomenon is better explained by the managerialism theory rather than the MLG theory. The study also employs securitization only as a secondary analytical lens contributing to understanding managerial practices. The unique theoretical discussion and findings of the study are expected to initiate a wider discussion in the scholarship on EU governance and European integration. Managerialism is offered as an alternative of complementary theoretical lens to MLG. The study focuses mainly on proposing a novel theoretical model. It is aimed to form as a basis for future research focusing on deeper empirical testing.

Keywords

Managerialism , Technocracy , Managerial elites , Multi-level governance , Maastricht treaty , European integration

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