Abstract
The purpose of this article is to explicate women's political representation in female mayorship in Turkey's local politics on the basis of the empirical data gathered from in-depth interviews with female mayors elected in 2004 and 2009 local elections. The objective is to construe women's representation in local politics with the concern that due to the “positional power” of a female mayor, women's representation in a municipality is not congenial to women's representation in the parliament. The contention of the article is that women's representation in female mayorship can be explicated by symbolic, accessible, and just representation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 41-50 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Women's Studies International Forum |
| Volume | 58 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2016 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
Keywords
- Female mayorship
- Gender inequality
- Local politics
- Mayor
- Representation
- Turkey
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