Municipalities Elections and the Participation of Youth and Women (original) (raw)
2019, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP)
Young people under 30 years of age represent about one third of the population, while the percentage is close to half among women, but empirical evidence indicates that the representation and participation rates of these two groups are low. Comparative data indicate that there is a sharp decline in the participation of youth and women in the municipal elections in 2017 compared to the elections in 2012; that there are several reasons behind this decline, including the high rates of consensus lists, in addition to the low percentage of party lists, and the low participation rates in voting. The study contributes to clarify the impact of many independent variables not addressed in previous studies on the participation of youth and women because of the specificity of these factors in the Palestinian case, such as lists of consensus or circles that were not nominated as they are still under direct political and administrative control by the Israeli Occupation; hence all these factors are unique to the Palestinian situation, which gives this research study a great theoretical significance.
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