Again, there is an election marathon ahead of us. This time the elections are not general but local. Our cities, towns, neighborhoods and villages will choose their own managers. But the atmosphere of elections does not go through local politics and local problems. The polarizing language of general politics has also influenced the local elections.
I guess, this is the biggest problem of today's local politics. The dominant power of the center determining the local politics. Actually, the structural feature of the state apparatus is the main determinant of the domination of the center. The fact that the power of central government is equated with the power of the state reveals such political habits. In fact, the local administration and the central administration are in coordination execution of work and operations. In terms of domestic politics, the power of the state can only be ensured through this coordination.
However, the monotonous management approach of the nation state apparatus does not accept local and local differences as it is. That's why it does not want to leave any initiative area to the local. It is not quite important how the decisions taken from the center in the central administration will be provided with the local balance. The demands of the local are lagging behind the centralized policies of the central government. The central government is more concerned with whether these decisions are implemented.
In an environment where local administrators are elected creating a propaganda language on the issue of lasting is precisely the result of this central power being equated with the state. The political tendency that holds central government there is no explanation as to what kind of lasting problem would be a weakness in local governments. The service area of local governments is different, the services of the central administration are different. The budget of the local government is also determined by law, the budget of the central government. From here make a lasting problem is nothing but a warning of failure.
One of the main problems of local politics is the explain the meaning of the local initiative with central government. The initiative used in local politics, instead of strengthening local politics or considering local demands we see that the central administration is in the form of consolidating the local power. The central government, which has to strengthen itself with the power of the local government, it makes itself feel strong by showing its strength on the local level. However, when the power gathered it is growing when it is spending it is shrinking phenomenon. Therefore, while gathering the power of the local increase strengthening the power of central government, the use of local power will weaken the power of the central government.
In terms of central government, the idea that the candidate, supported by a dissident political party, cannot serve in the local it shows us how dangerous this perception is. A local manager who took the power of the center behind him, it is difficult to act on legitimate with the legitimate interests of the local people. Because priority is not the consent of the people, but the approval and admiration of the central government. Although local governments have the closest administrative units to the public, the public is more show interested in the discourses of the central government than local governments. Not the solution proposals and priorities of the problems started by the people from the local, but rather the facilities offered by the center to the local are taken into consideration. This is the main reason for the impasse in the management of the nation-state.