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Untangling the gender gap: nomination and representativeness in Turkish local elections / Yildirim, Kerem; Kocapinar, Gülnur

Yildirim, Kerem	Journal Article
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The gender gap in national and local politics is an important problem in numerous countries. Two explanations for the deficit experienced by female politicians relate to demand for women’s representation by political parties and by voters. We argue that the gender gap stems from party-based limitations in local politics. Women do not compete in local politics because relevant parties do not nominate them. We present original data on mayoral candidates who ran in the 2009 and 2014 Turkish local elections. Our findings show that women are less likely to be nominated for office and reasons for this gap originate from party choices rather than lack of electoral support for women.

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Local Elections ; Turkish Politics ; Gender Gap ; Candidate Nomination

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Who receives clientelistic benefits? Social identity, relative deprivation, and clientelistic acceptance among Turkish voters / Yıldırım, Kerem

Yildirim, Kerem	Journal Article
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Why do voters accept clientelism? Previous research suggests that poorer voters are more likely to accept clientelistic benefits. However, identities may moderate the effect of poverty through identity-based economic comparisons across groups. The role identity plays in partisanship, and dense ethnic identity networks may make it easier for parties to enforce clientelism among specific groups. This paper presents evidence from a survey experiment in Turkey to argue that politicized Kurdish ethnic identity, combined with heightened perceptions of relative economic deprivation, explains why certain voter groups are more likely to accept clientelism. Additionally, experimental evidence shows that support for clientelism may depend on the quality of benefits rather than quantity. Focusing only on the amount of resources or the recipients’ economic conditions may fail to explain why certain voters accept clientelism more in the Turkish context.

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Turkey ; Ethnic Identity ; Clientelism ; Voting Behavior ; Survey Experiments

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