How do local actors interpret, enact and contest policy? An analysis of local government responses to meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey
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Tarih
2022-05-04
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Routledge
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Although 98% of Turkey’s 3.6 million Syrian refugees live outside camps, municipalities lack formal authority to initiate policies, while receiving no government funding for refugees. Drawing on interpretive policy analysis (IPA), the article unpacks the empirical puzzle of how formally weak local governments respond to refugee needs. IPA expects policy to be constituted through diverse sets of local meanings. Case studies in three districts in Istanbul revealed distinctive local narratives, some of which consolidated the national agenda of ‘hospitality’ while others focused on equal rights and integration. Municipal narratives reflected particular local contexts, selectively mobilizing deeper governing traditions. Local interpretations were enacted in specific approaches to refugee service delivery. Working with local NGOs, municipalities accessed international funds, despite national government’s vociferous critique of EU refugee policy. Even in an increasingly authoritarian setting, refugee policy was being constituted through multiple and contingent processes of local government interpretation.
Açıklama
This research was funded by British Academy Research Grant NAFR1180177.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Interpretive policy analysis, Interpretivism, Syrian refugees, Turkish local government, Alevi, Kurds, Coup, Construction, Integration
Kaynak
Local Government Studies
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Q2
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Q1
Cilt
48
Sayı
3
Künye
Lowndes, V. & Karakaya Polat, R. (2022). How do local actors interpret, enact and contest policy? An analysis of local government responses to meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Local Government Studies, 48(3), 555-569. doi:10.1080/03003930.2020.1825386
