Examining better regulation movements in The EU, OECD and UK: What lessons can be applied to Turkey?
Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: University of London-London School of Economics and Political Science, School of Public Policy, Master of Public Administration, İngiltere
Tez Danışmanı: Dr. Sımon Bastow
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2010
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Özet:
This dissertation seeks to answer the question of how the Turkish better regulation program can be improved in the light of EU, OECD and UK practices. The theoretical background of better regulation, initiatives conducted by the European Union and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the United Kingdom experience are explored as a basis for developing lessons for the Turkish experience.
Better regulation has become an essential element of contemporary administrative reform programmes. There is a close relation between regulation and the competitiveness of the economy, for this reason, both international organizations and nation states have given significant attention to improving law-making processes. Existing academic literature explains the rationale of better regulation and criticizes its drawbacks; however, the subject lacks significant evaluation in the context of Turkey.
The following examines the benefits and shortcomings of better regulation movements with regard to EU and OECD policies, and considers practices in the UK as a leading country of these initiatives. Relevant literature about better regulation, including similar or complementary concepts such as deregulation, high quality regulation, risk regulation, is explored as a means to inform a regulation-making process of Turkey.
Currently, Turkey has a bureaucracy dominated law-making process, whose quantitative methods are criticized as insufficient, and which lacks transparency. Hence, improvement of regulatory environment is a crucial part of ongoing administrative reform programme, in which better regulation can have significant influence to affect the reform approach. Assessing better regulation initiatives, comparing Turkey’s present situation with the EU, OECD and UK experiences, and suggesting new policies and structures to develop her law-making process will be the primary value-added of this project.