Policy analysis in Turkey / edited by Caner Bakır and Güneş Ertan.

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the state of policy analysis in Turkey for an international audience. It will be a valuable resource for those studying policy analysis within Turkey and as a comparison with other volumes in the International Library of Policy Analysis Series...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Ertan, Güneş (Editor), Bakır, Caner (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.
Series:International library of policy analysis ; v. 14.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; POLICY ANALYSIS IN TURKEY; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; Editors; Contributors; Editors' introduction to the series; 1. Pushing the pendulum from politics to policy: the state of policy analysis in Turkey; Emerging themes; Summaries; Part One. Historical roots, styles and methods of policy analysis in Turkey; 2. The past, present and future of policy analysis in Turkey; Historical and global context of policy analysis in Turkey; Policy analysis practice in Turkey's history; Policy analysis education in Turkey; Academic activities
  • Future of policy analysis in TurkeyProblems in teaching and research; Summary and conclusions; three; 3. 'Boomerang effect': the bottleneck of public policy analysis in Turkey; Introduction; Design and transfer of new policy tools; Policy implementation; Policy evaluation of the boomerang effect; Four arguments for the boomerang effect; Conclusion; Part Two. Policy analysis by governments; 5. Policy analysis in Turkey's central government: current practices and future challenges; Introduction; Centralisation of the prime ministry in the 2000s
  • Centralisation through presidency, a new periodThe presidential government system and its evaluation; Conclusion; 6. Territorial policy-making and administrative reform in Turkey; Introduction; Background: Turkish administrative system; Towards a territorialisation of public policies in Turkey?; The dialectical relations between central and local administrations; Other policy interaction mechanisms; Conclusion; 7. Policy-making at local level: an analysis of Turkish municipalities; Introduction; A brief note on Turkish local government; Local agendas dominated by mega-projects
  • Mayors as one-and-only decision-makersFaster and faster implementation of policies; Non-evaluation of policies; Conclusion; Part Three. Experts, international actors and public opinion; 8. Beyond developmentalism: the role of experts and expertise in Turkey's environmental policy disputes; Introduction; Role of experts and expertise in the policy process; The role of experts in the policy process in Turkey; Experts and environmental policy disputes in Turkey; Conclusion; 9. Europeanisation of policy-making in Turkey and its limits; Introduction
  • Unpacking changes in regional development policies and governanceUnpacking changes in immigration policies and governance; 10. Public opinion and public policy in Turkey; Introduction; Overview of general attitudes towards politics in Turkey; Policy preferences of the Turkish public; Conclusion; Part Four. Parties and civil society-based policy analysis; 11. Political parties and public policy in Turkey; Introduction; Background on the Turkish political landscape, 2002-15; Election manifestos of major Turkish political parties: an overview; Category-level analyses; Conclusion