Cooperatives as a way of participation in political decision-making processes: An Examination over the Turkish Forestry Cooperatives in constitutional terms Las cooperativas como forma de participación en los procesos de toma de decisiones políticas: un examen de las cooperativas forestales turcas en términos constitucionales

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Yüksel A. G.

Boletin de la Asociacion Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo, sa.62, ss.51-69, 2023 (ESCI, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18543/baidc.2541
  • Dergi Adı: Boletin de la Asociacion Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Directory of Open Access Journals, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.51-69
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Decision-making processes, economic and social rights, political participation, social justice, sustainable rural development, Turkish Forestry Cooperatives
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this article, cooperatives were examined on their distinctive structure, questioning whether they can be seen as a way of civil participation on political decision-making, by presenting some recent cases from Turkish Forestry Cooperatives. Firstly, the place of the civil society in participatory democracies and the importance of economic and social conditions in this perspective and consequently the role of the cooperatives in civil society were explained briefly. Afterwards, the cooperative’s practical impact on political decision-making was analysed over the instance of OR-KOOP including core in- formation on cooperatives and forest villagers in Turkey —representing a community lower economic facilities— in the search of fundamental necessities for an expected participation in political decision-making processes. Finally, constitutional significance of the forests and the cooperatives were revealed with regard to the crossing concepts of participatory democracy, sustainable development and human rights.