DEFICIANCY OF WOMEN REPRESENTATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: A CASE STUDY IN SAKARYA

Volume: 2 Number: 3 September 1, 2013
Hale Biricikoğlu
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DEFICIANCY OF WOMEN REPRESENTATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: A CASE STUDY IN SAKARYA

Abstract

One of the most significant values, which local government based on, is its contribution to democratic administration. Because of local governments being close units to public, it is claimed that political and administrative participation to administration is more alive and affective. Participation channels of administration widen because there are many local governments in a country. However, these participation channels don’t have equal advantages for women. In Turkey, it is a common fact that participation of women in national politics is deficient. However, this deficiancy is more sensible in local level. Datas of General Directorate of Local Governments show that, only 3.9% of electives are women in local government elections in Turkey. On the contrary, women are represented more in local politics than national politics in world wide. Undoubtly, many explanations can be set for this situation. There are many reasons related with deficiency of women in local level, such as social roles given to women, perception of local politics as a technical are a national politics focus of women organizations, not addressing politics as women issue etc. Aim of this study is to figure out why women representation level is so low in local governments. local governments. In order to reach this aim, the issue was examined theoretically first. Then semi-structured interviews with women members of municipality parliaments in the borders of Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality were analyzed, and the arguments that take place in literature were examined

Keywords

Woman, Representation, Local Governments, Municipality, Municipality Council

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APA
Biricikoğlu, H. (2013). YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi, 2(3), 65-96. https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY
AMA
1.Biricikoğlu H. YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi. 2013;2(3):65-96. https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY
Chicago
Biricikoğlu, Hale. 2013. “YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA”. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi 2 (3): 65-96. https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY.
EndNote
Biricikoğlu H (September 1, 2013) YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi 2 3 65–96.
IEEE
[1]H. Biricikoğlu, “YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA”, Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 65–96, Sept. 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY
ISNAD
Biricikoğlu, Hale. “YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA”. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi 2/3 (September 1, 2013): 65-96. https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY.
JAMA
1.Biricikoğlu H. YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi. 2013;2:65–96.
MLA
Biricikoğlu, Hale. “YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA”. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 3, Sept. 2013, pp. 65-96, https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY.
Vancouver
1.Hale Biricikoğlu. YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADIN TEMSİLİNİN YETERSİZLİĞİ: SAKARYA İLİNDE YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA. Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi [Internet]. 2013 Sep. 1;2(3):65-96. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA36XL83RY