TY - CHAP
T1 - Democratization of Governance in Turkey
T2 - An Assessment of the Administrative Reforms in the 2000s
AU - Köseoğlu, Özer
AU - Morçöl, Göktuğ
N1 - Funding Information:
The decision of the European Union to grant Turkey a candidate status in the Helsinki Summit in 1999 and the financial crisis of 2000–2001 were major turning points in Turkey’s recent history. The crisis led to an interruption of the efforts of the successive coalition governments to reduce corruption (Ömürgönül şen and Doig 2012, p. 13).
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The government of Turkey undertook comprehensive public administration reforms in the first decade of the twenty-first century. These reforms were a new phase in the long history of the public administration reforms in this country. The reforms of the early 2000s were more comprehensive than their predecessors. In this latest phase, the government undertook both “managerial reforms” (improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery and adopting businesslike management techniques) and “governance reforms” (improving transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in public service delivery and citizen engagement in them) (Sözen 2012, p. 168). In this chapter we discuss the historical background and contents of these reforms and assess their effectiveness, particularly in two areas: citizen engagement in governance and reducing corruption.
AB - The government of Turkey undertook comprehensive public administration reforms in the first decade of the twenty-first century. These reforms were a new phase in the long history of the public administration reforms in this country. The reforms of the early 2000s were more comprehensive than their predecessors. In this latest phase, the government undertook both “managerial reforms” (improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery and adopting businesslike management techniques) and “governance reforms” (improving transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in public service delivery and citizen engagement in them) (Sözen 2012, p. 168). In this chapter we discuss the historical background and contents of these reforms and assess their effectiveness, particularly in two areas: citizen engagement in governance and reducing corruption.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-03143-9_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-03143-9_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85049613188
T3 - Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
SP - 137
EP - 153
BT - Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
PB - Springer
ER -