Political Stability, Democracy and Agenda Dynamics in Turkey
Authors: Bulut, Alper, Yildirim, T. Murat
Free Preview- Examines the dynamics of the policymaking process in a transitional democracy in an empirical manner
- Develops and introduces comprehensive content-analytic datasets of legislative activities and media coverage that span over several decades
- Documents the determinants and consequences of policy responsiveness and change, and how policy issues get onto the media and legislative agenda
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This book examines the determinants and consequences of policy responsiveness and change, and how policy issues get onto the media and legislative agenda in a transitional democracy. It provides a detailed and attention based theory of Turkish Politics, and develops and introduces comprehensive content-analytics datasets of legislative activities and media coverage that span over several decades.
- About the authors
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Alper T. Bulut is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. His primary field is comparative politics with a focus on political parties, legislative agenda setting, and policy responsiveness. His work has been published or is forthcoming in journals such as Comparative Politics, Electoral Studies, Party Politics and Parliamentary Affairs.
T. Murat Yildirim is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Media and Social Sciences at University of Stavanger, Norway. His research focuses on themes relating to empirical democratic theory and public policy, such as issue prioritization among political elites and voters, and gender differences in policy preferences. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Journal of European Public Policy, Party Politics and Policy Studies Journal.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-12
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Political Institutions and Policymaking in Turkish Politics
Pages 13-43
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The Effect of Public Opinion on Policymaking in Turkey
Pages 47-95
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Do Turkish Parties Keep Their Promises?
Pages 97-112
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Gender Differences in Policy Priorities Among Legislators
Pages 113-127
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Political Stability, Democracy and Agenda Dynamics in Turkey
- Authors
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- Alper Bulut
- T. Murat Yildirim
- Series Title
- Comparative Studies of Political Agendas
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-27458-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-27458-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-27457-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-27460-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 198
- Number of Illustrations
- 7 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
- Topics
