Contemporary Debates on Politics and Public Administration in the Postmodern Era

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The volume provides a collection of articles on current debates in the fields of politics and public administration. The authors deal with frequently mentioned concepts of our era in political and public administration sciences. Cover Copyright information Dedication Contents List of Contributors Part I Politics Postmodern Political Perspective 1 A Superficial Etymological Explanation: What Is Postmodern? 2 What Is Postmodernism? 2.1 Historical Development Process of Postmodernism 2.2 A Comparative Explanation: Modernism-Postmodernism 2.3 General Features and Basic Arguments of Postmodernism 3 Postmodern Political Understanding 4 Basic Criticisms on Postmodernism Conclusion References Modern Democracy Theories Introduction 1 Modern Democracy Theories 1.1 Liberal Democracy 1.2 Social Democracy 1.3 Deliberative Democracy 1.4 Radical Democracy 1.5 Participatory Democracy Conclusion References To Think about Democracy and Civil Society in the 21st Century Introduction 1 A Story from the Unachievable to the Indispensable: Democracy 2 One of the Variable Concepts of Social Sciences: Civil Society 3 A Symbiotic Relationship in the 21st Century: Democracy and Civil Society Conclusion References Woman, Society and the State: Woman’s Empowerment in Society Introduction 1 Sex and Gender 1.1 Concept of Gender 1.2 Discriminations Against Women Based on Social Gender 2 Empowerment 2.1 Empowerment of Women 3 Empowerment and Social Development 4 Empowerment of Women as Government Policy Conclusion References Contemporary Discussions in International Relations: International Migration and Security Introduction 1 International Immigration and Refugee 2 International Security 3 International Migration and Security Relationship 3.1 Copenhagen School/Theory 3.2 Postmodern Theory Conclusion References Climate Change in Global Politics in the Postmodern Era: A New Challenge and Responses Introduction 1 Climate Change Enters Global Political Mainstreams 2 The Evolution of Climate Policy at Global Level 3 Actors and Institutions in Global Climate Governance 4 Policy Choices and Governance Dilemma Conclusion References Post-Fordism and Urban Policy Introduction 1 From Fordism to Post-Fordism 2 Transforming State 3 Post-Fordism and Urban Policy Conclusion References Part II Public Administration To Re-Think Waldo in Public Administration Introduction 1 Progress or Stagnation 2 A Second Third Reich Attempt 3 American Public Administration; Towards Democracy or Feudalism 4 Business World’s Increasing Influence 5 About the Context of Public Administration 6 Positivism and Democracy 7 Alignment of Public Administration Conclusion References An Overview of University Ombudsman on the Axis of Postmodern Public Administration Approach Introduction 1 Postmodern Public Administration and Ombudsman 2 University Ombudsman Discussion and Conclusion References Building Trust in the State: What the Declining Trust Tells Introduction 1 What Is Trust? 2 Trust in the State and Institutions 3 Methodology of the Study 4 Analysis of the Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Participants 5 The Level of Social Trust in Turkey 6 The Citizens’ Trust in the Institutions in Turkey Conclusion and Evaluation References An Evaluation on Neo-Weberian State and New Public Management Introduction 1 The Emergence of the Concept: Neo-Weberian State 2 Criticism of New Public Management and Post–New Public Management Approaches 3 Neo-Weberian State Versus New Public Management Conclusion References Governance and New Trends in Public Administration: From E-Government to D-Government Introduction 1 Identifications of the E-government as a Concept 2 Identifications of the D-government as a Concept Discussion and Conclusion References E-Governance Concept in Public Administration Theory Introduction 1 New Management Approaches 2 Governance and E-governance 3 E-governance under the New Management Theories Conclusion References An Evaluation on the Development of the Metropolitan Area Management: The Case of Turkey Introduction 1 Local Governments and Municipalities 2 Metropolitan Municipality 2.1 Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality 2.2 Metropolitan Municipality Council 2.3 Metropolitan Municipality Council 3 Historical Development of the Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey 4 Amendments of the Law No. 6360 on Metropolitan Municipalities Conclusion References The Waste Management in the Context of Sustainable Urbanization: The Case of Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Introduction 1 Urban and Ubanization 2 Environment and Waste 3 Sustainable Urbanization Process 4 Waste Management in Sustainable Urbanization Process 5 Socio-Economic Characteristics of Hatay City 6 General Waste-Welded Environmental Problems Seen in Hatay 7 Waste Management Activities of Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Conclusion References The Effectiveness of City Councils in Local Politics in Turkey: The Case of Gümüshane City Council1 Introduction 1 From Government to Governance 1.1 A Conceptual Look 1.2 The Underlying Reasons of Transition 2 Local Governance and City Councils 2.1 Local Governance 2.2 City Councils 3 Gümüşhane City Council 4 A Field Research on Effectiveness in Local Politics 4.1 Purpose of the Research 4.2 Sample of the Research 4.3 Hypothesis of the Research 4.4 Findings of the Research Conclusion References The Decentralization of Regional Authorities in Spain: Administrative and Fiscal Transformation Introduction 1 The Establishment of Autonomous Communities 2 Constitutional Principles of the Division of Authority between Central Government and Autonomous Communities 3 Legal and Administrative Auditing of Autonomous Communities 4 The Evolution of Fiscal Decentralization System of Autonomous Communities Conclusion References List of Figures List of Tables