The Normative Base of Local Government: Progress in Local Democracy and the Reformation Process

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Keles R.

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE REFORMATION PROCESS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, pp.24-41, 2016 (SSCI)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Publication Date: 2016
• Doi Number: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0317-0.ch002
• Journal Name: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE REFORMATION PROCESS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
• Page Numbers: pp.24-41
• Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences defines local government as a public entity which is a sub-unit of a state or of a region, charged with the determination and carrying out of certain public policies in a relatively small territory. Local authorities are created to respond to certain needs of the inhabitants in local communities. These are mainly administrative, political and social factors. Leaving aside a few exceptionally small states, carrying out of all the public services from a single center is almost impossible. In order to ensure efficient performance of public services and to avoid both "appoplexy" at the center on one hand, and "anemia" in the periphery, there is a need to reduce the load on the shoulders of the central government and to take necessary measures to strengthen local authorities.