SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA

SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA

From 14 October 1979 to 11 July 1980, a very particular experience of directdemocracy was experienced in Fatsa, a small Black Sea town in Turkey. Anindependent candidate, Fikri Sonmez, obtained a very comfortable majoritysurpassing political parties in local...

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Main Author: Yeseren ELICIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Social Sciences Research Society 2011-07-01
Series:International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies
Online Access:http://www.sobiad.org/ejournals/journal_IJSS/arhieves/2011_2/yeseren_elicin.pdf
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spelling doaj-a9b9391895fb412caef705054a3366872020-11-24T22:57:42ZengSocial Sciences Research SocietyInternational Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies1309-80631309-80632011-07-01322011030247SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSAYeseren ELICINFrom 14 October 1979 to 11 July 1980, a very particular experience of directdemocracy was experienced in Fatsa, a small Black Sea town in Turkey. Anindependent candidate, Fikri Sonmez, obtained a very comfortable majoritysurpassing political parties in local elections. From then on, neighborhoodcommittees were created and considerable public work was realized collectively.The experience was ended by a military operation held in 11 July 1980. Thispaper tries to examine Fatsa experience with the help of social capital andleadership concepts, aiming to explore and understand the conditions, whichfavored voluntary public involvement in local political life in Fatsa.http://www.sobiad.org/ejournals/journal_IJSS/arhieves/2011_2/yeseren_elicin.pdf
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title SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA
title_short SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA
title_full SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA
title_fullStr SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA
title_full_unstemmed SOCIAL CAPITAL, LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY: RETHINKINGFATSA
title_sort social capital, leadership and democracy: rethinkingfatsa
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description From 14 October 1979 to 11 July 1980, a very particular experience of directdemocracy was experienced in Fatsa, a small Black Sea town in Turkey. Anindependent candidate, Fikri Sonmez, obtained a very comfortable majoritysurpassing political parties in local elections. From then on, neighborhoodcommittees were created and considerable public work was realized collectively.The experience was ended by a military operation held in 11 July 1980. Thispaper tries to examine Fatsa experience with the help of social capital andleadership concepts, aiming to explore and understand the conditions, whichfavored voluntary public involvement in local political life in Fatsa.
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