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Roadblocks to diversity in Local Government in New South Wales, Australia: changing narratives and confronting absences in diversity strategies
| العنوان: | Roadblocks to diversity in Local Government in New South Wales, Australia: changing narratives and confronting absences in diversity strategies |
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| المؤلفون: | Tanya Jakimow |
| المصدر: | Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, Iss 26 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | UTS ePRESS, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Political institutions and public administration (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | NSW, Australia, representation, ethnic and cultural diversity, gender, local government, Political institutions and public administration (General), JF20-2112 |
| الوصف: | The 2021 local government elections in New South Wales (NSW), Australia delivered a record 39.5% female representation, up from 31.2% in the previous election. The increased number of women elected to councils can be read as evidence of the success of a diversity strategy centred on encouraging and equipping women, and other under-represented groups, to stand for election. However, without detracting from the value of these initiatives, their capacity to achieve a councillor body reflective of the general population is limited. People of non-European ancestry, particularly women of ‘colour’ remain grossly underrepresented, while the gains in women’s representation will fail to reach gender parity unless the practices that sustain male overrepresentation, particularly by Anglo and other ‘white’ European men, are challenged. This article draws upon qualitative interviews with councillors to offer fresh readings of conventional explanations for a lack of diversity in Australian local government, while also underscoring the importance of addressing issues that are currently neglected in ‘technical’ approaches. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1836-0394 40477991 |
| Relation: | http://10.44.11.29:8080/index.php/cjlg/article/view/8054; https://doaj.org/toc/1836-0394 |
| DOI: | 10.5130/cjlg.vi26.8054 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/0ab7a0873a40477991ea71cc9e34ea25 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.0ab7a0873a40477991ea71cc9e34ea25 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 18360394 40477991 |
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| DOI: | 10.5130/cjlg.vi26.8054 |