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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369907603321

Autore

Bulut Alper T

Titolo

Political Stability, Democracy and Agenda Dynamics in Turkey / / by Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030274580

3030274586

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 198 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Comparative Studies of Political Agendas, , 2947-8154

Disciplina

320.609561

320.9561

Soggetti

Political planning

Political science

Identity politics

Comparative government

Public Policy

Political Science

Governance and Government

Politics and Gender

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction -- 2: Political Institutions and Policy-Making in Turkish Politics -- 3: The Dynamics of Policy Agenda, Issue Diversity, and Policy Punctuations -- 4: The Effect of Public Opinion on Policymaking in Turkey -- 5: Do Turkish Parties Keep Their Promises? -- 6: Media and Politics in Turkey -- 7: Gender Differences in Policy Priorities among Legislators -- 8: Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research.

Sommario/riassunto

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. 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.