The empowerment of Turkish governors within hybrid settings of public administration
MEDITERRANEAN POLITICS, vol.24, no.3, pp.356-375, 2019 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 24 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.1080/13629395.2017.1398889
- Journal Name: MEDITERRANEAN POLITICS
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.356-375
- Galatasaray University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The widespread reforms of Turkish public administration and the machinery of government from 2000s onwards resulted in a gradual delegation of certain state's functions to local and non-state actors, through a gradual rescaling of the policy-making systems and a remarkable hybridization of governance logics. The relevant literature focuses largely on the rising role and importance of involving non-state actors rather than state officials in policy-making processes. The paper explains how the scope and the method of public agents' influence adapt to the current context of so-called neoliberalization of public administration in Turkey. The paper discusses in detail provincial governors with regard to their relatively 'disguised' power in social and economic policies through new hybrid mechanisms.