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Regional Development Agencies in Turkey: Are They Examples of Obligated Policy Transfer?

Author: Zahid Sobaci

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EU requires the candidate states to introduce the necessary legal arrangements and administrative reforms to harmonize with the EU’s regional policy, and the establishment of RDAs is an important element of those administrative reforms. This is an example of “obligated policy transfer,” which is a subtype of policy transfer. In this context, this article aims to analyze the establishment of RDAs in Turkey as an example of obligated policy transfer. Within this perspective, this article primarily explicates the conceptual framework of policy transfer and obligated transfer as a subtype of policy transfer. Second, the place of RDAs within the EU regional policy and Turkey’s view of regional governments and development conception will be briefly dealt with. Finally, establishment of RDAs in Turkey will be analyzed, using official documents, as an example of obligated policy transfer and the role of EU will be demonstrated.

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Title: Regional Development Agencies in Turkey: Are They Examples of Obligated Policy Transfer?
Author: Zahid Sobaci
Publication date: 01-03-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Public Organization Review / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-008-0069-0

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