Political Stability, Democracy And Agenda Dynamics In Turkey

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 3-12 Political Institutions and Policymaking in Turkish Politics (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 13-43 Front Matter ....Pages 45-45 The Effect of Public Opinion on Policymaking in Turkey (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 47-95 Do Turkish Parties Keep Their Promises? (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 97-112 Gender Differences in Policy Priorities Among Legislators (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 113-127 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 The Dynamics of Policy Agenda, Issue Diversity, and Policy Change in Democratic and Non-democratic Times (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 131-153 Press-Party Parallelism and Media Agendas (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 155-180 Conclusions (Alper T. Bulut, T. Murat Yildirim)....Pages 181-187 Back Matter ....Pages 189-198