Decentralization and Governance Capacity

Evrim Tan is a visiting professor in the Public Governance Institute at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research concentrates on decentralization, local government, capacity building and public management reforms.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: Decentralization and Capacity in Public Governance.- Chapter 2: Turkey’s Local Government Reform Process.- Chapter 3: Local Governance Capacities in Turkey.- Chapter 4: What is the Relationship between Governance Capacity and Decentralization?.- Chapter 5: Towards an Asymmetrical Decentralization Design.

“The author unpacks the important relationship among socio-economic development, local capacity, and better governance in the case of Turkiye. … the effort to put these complex and overlapping themes into an appropriate order should be appreciated. This study provides a reliable reference for academics in the field. In addition to its academic value, Decentralization and Governance Capacity provides a useful reference for policymakers and bureaucrats interested in this subject.” (Çiğdem Görgün Akgül, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (2), 2022)