İDEALKENT

Yazarlar: Ebru TEKİN BİLBİL

Konular:Sosyal

Anahtar Kelimeler:Political economy of law,Neoliberalism,Urban politics,Corporatization,Municipalities

Özet: The 2019 local elections in Turkey resulted in the change of the municipal administrations and the appointment of the opposition party’s candidate in many cities with a path-switching fashion. Once new mayors came after the winning local elections, they initiated new strategies, workflows and policies, which created new arenas of politics in terms of corporatization. By considering the political economy of law in the corporatization process, and based on the case study and document analysis methodologies, this study consists of two cases. One of these cases includes the analysis of the resignation process of the company managers of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The other case analyzes the lawsuit process related to the authority of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality with regards to the appointment of company managers. The findings of the study can be summarized as follows. (1) Shifts in municipal administrations cause conflict of political and economic interests during the corporatization process; (2) The conflict of political interests creates a struggle for domination and control over companies; (3) It is important to restructure corporatization processes in order to reduce the negative effects of the politics of corporatization, power conflicts and party policy.

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